Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
- adj. Located in or inhabiting a wood or forest.
- adj. Abounding in trees; wooded.
- n. One that lives in or frequents the woods.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to a wood or forest; forest-like; hence, rural; rustic.
- Abounding with woods; woody; shady.
- n. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
- n. A colorless liquid compound, , produced by the distillation of pine-wood. It boils at 65° C. and quickly turns yellow in air. Also called 2- or a-methyl furfurane.
- n. Native tellurium.
Wiktionary
- adj. pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- adj. residing in a forest or wood
- adj. wooded, or covered in forest
- n. One that resides in the woods.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
- adj. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
- n. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
- n. (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also
methyl tetrol , ormethyl furfuran .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
- n. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
Etymologies
- From Medieval Latin sylvanus, from Latin Silvanus ("god of the woods"), from silva ("forest"). (Wiktionary)
- Medieval Latin sylvānus, from Latin Silvānus, god of the woods, from silva, forest. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“One fine evening Borrow hired a calash and drove out to Marina Rotze, "a kind of sylvan garden," about one and a half miles out of Moscow, where this particular class of Romanys resorted.”
“He hurriedly explained to the others that Pocahontas was evidently intending to do them special honour in welcoming them with some kind of sylvan masque.”
“The hills which form its shores are so steep, and the woods on them were then so high, that, as you looked down from the west end, it had the appearance of an amphitheatre for some kind of sylvan spectacle.”
“To complete her woeful errand, initiated participants are asked to help her overcome obstacles. are consciousness expansion technique known as the Song of Sworcery; we may choose to locate contend with cryptozoological phenomena such as the sylvan sprites & enact impossible miracles according to the moods of the moon.”
“Many of the rooms overlook a rare sylvan area of Beijing, the Sanlitun diplomatic compound, which, with its low-rise buildings and high-rise trees, gives the impression of a mini Central Park.”
“Among eastern and northern woodland Indians, floral designs copied from the natural sylvan surroundings prevailed.”
“Jeremy – thanks for putting morality and humanity over group think! sylvan”
“The Doctor and I were entranced by the beauty of the scene which induced him to wax forth with sylvan poetry of which he was well versed and capable of reciting with profound eloquence.”
“Box of Stones and Stole You Away pick up seafaring themes, Snowship conjures a Faustian dilemma and Butterfly Culture hides sexual tension and religious questioning behind sylvan fantasia.”
The Guardian: Benjamin Francis Leftwich: Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm – review
“The ceilings are decorated with Italian grotteschi: sylvan landscapes of centaurs, nymphs, gargoyles, and swans.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sylvan’.
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GRE Barron's 800
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Turned this up on etymonline.com (link). It's amazing.
Hobbit (n.)
1937, coined in the fantasy tales of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973).
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for school!
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Les Misérables
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Verba Silvestria
Words of the Woods or Words of the Wilds
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delightful descriptors
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The path meanders through the vineyards
meander, labyrinth, Sinuous, gyrate, caron, awry, credo, banter, juxtaposition, argot, inexorable, foibles and 223 more...
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