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sylvan Definition

syl·van (sil′vən)

noun

one who lives in the woods

Etymology: Fr sylvan, forest deity < L Silvanus < silva, forest, prob. < IE *(k)selwa- > Gr xylon, wood

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of the woods or forest
  2. living or found in the woods or forest
  3. wooded

sylvan Synonyms

sylvan

modif.

wooded, shady, forestlike; see rural.

sylvan Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • setting: Beech Hill Hotel Londonderry Beech Hill Hotel is a privately owned hotel in a sylvan setting.
  • scene: I pass out among her sylvan scenes; and here, on the spray of the tasseled broom, sits a little bird.
  • surroundings: Click on the image to see a view of the green in its sylvan surroundings taken in the 1930s.
  • beauty: The A214 briefly multiplexes with the A23 and then we turn left by the sylvan beauty of Streatham Common.
  • landscape: Pamphill is the estate village par excellence, with tied cottages scattered through a sylvan landscape around the church of St Stephen.
  • walk: A small stream overhung with copse and underwood, runs through, forming a most romantic and sylvan walk.