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Definition of Nymph

1. Noun. (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden. "The ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"

2. Noun. A larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly).

3. Noun. A voluptuously beautiful young woman.

Definition of Nymph

1. n. A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.

Definition of Nymph

1. Noun. The larva of certain insects. ¹

2. Noun. (qualifier Greek & Roman mythology) Any minor female deity associated with water, forests, grotto, etc. ¹

3. Noun. A young girl, especially one who inspires lustful feelings. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nymph

1. a female spirit [n -S] : NYMPHAL, NYMPHEAN [adj]

Medical Definition of Nymph

1. 1. A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. "Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ?" (Milton) 2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. "Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered." (Shak) 3. The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis. 4. Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc. Synonym: naiad. Origin: L. Nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr., cf. F. Nymphe. Cf. Nuptial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymph

nying nyjer nylgau nylgaus nylghai nylghais nylghau nylghaus nylidrin nylidrin hydrochloride

nylon nylon stocking nylonase nylons nym nymph (current term) nymph of the pavé nymphae nymphaea nymphaeum

nymphales nymphalid nymphalids nymphean nymphetic

Literary usage of Nymph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"OF Chloe all thv town has rung, By evety size of poets sung : So beautiful a nymph appear! But once in twenty thousand years; Ну Nature forni'd with nicest ..."

2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The term nymph.—An immature instar of an insect that undergoes a gradual metamorphosis is termed a nymph. In old entomological works, and especially in ..."

3. English Poetry (1170-1892). by John Matthews Manley (1907)
"60 —IGNOTO THE SHEPHERD'S COMMENDATION OF HIS nymph What shepherd can express The favour of her face, To whom in this distress I do appeal for grace ? ..."

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