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Webster 1913 Edition
Sylvan
1.
Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
The traditional memory of a rural and a
sylvan
region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. De Quincey.
2.
Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
Syl′van
,Noun.
A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
Her private orchards, walled on every side,
To lawless
To lawless
sylvans
all access denied. Pope.
Syl′van
,Noun.
[
Sylva
+ furfuran
.] (Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; – called also
methyl tetrol
, or methyl furfuran
. Webster 1828 Edition
Sylvan
SYLVAN.
[See Silvan.]Definition 2024
sylvan
sylvan
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
sylvan (comparative more sylvan, superlative most sylvan)
- pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- De Quincey
- The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region […] is usually exact as well as tenacious.
- De Quincey
- residing in a forest or wood
- wooded, or covered in forest
Synonyms
Translations
pertaining to the forest
living in a forest
See also
Noun
sylvan (plural sylvans)
- One who resides in the woods.
- A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun.
- Alexander Pope
- Her private orchards, walled on every side, / To lawless sylvans all access denied.
- Alexander Pope