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sylvan

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syl·van also sil·van  (slvn)
adj.
1. Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
2. Located in or inhabiting a wood or forest.
3. Abounding in trees; wooded.
n.
One that lives in or frequents the woods.
[Medieval Latin sylvnus, from Latin Silvnus, god of the woods, from silva, forest.]
sylvan or silvan
Adjective
Chiefly poetic of or consisting of woods or forests [Latin silva forest]
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Noun1.sylvansylvan - a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
silvan
disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Adj.1.sylvan - relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade"
silvan
wooded - covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract"
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During the long summer day, as his sheep cropped the good grass which the gods had made to grow for them, or lay with their forelegs doubled under their breasts and chewed the cud, Haita, reclining in the shadow of a tree, or sitting upon a rock, played so sweet music upon his reed pipe that sometimes from the corner of his eye he got accidental glimpses of the minor sylvan deities, leaning forward out of the copse to hear; but if he looked at them directly they vanished.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
It was most lovely and pleasant in those sylvan solitudes in the early cool morning in the first freshness of autumn.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
But being shy and retiring persons, with no natural inclination for their part, they lived as much as possible in the sylvan solitude of Skuytercliff, and when they came to town, declined all invitations on the plea of Mrs.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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