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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Selfies, n. pl. [e.m.E. sylphs pl. (1657), after mod. L. sylphes pl. (Paracelsus).] A race of beings or spirits thought to inhabit the air (orig. in the system outlined by Paracelsus in his De Nymphis). — a1689 Cleland 11.
Some might have judg'd they were the creatures, Call'd Selfies, whose customes and features Paracelsus doeth discry In his ocult philosophy
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