Definition of Nymphic

1. a. Of or pertaining to nymphs.

Definition of Nymphic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs. ¹

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Definition of Nymphic

1. pertaining to a nymph [adj] - See also: nymph

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphic

nymphaea
nymphaeum
nymphales
nymphalid
nymphalids
nymphean
nymphetic
nymphetry
nymphets
nymphette
nymphettes
nymphic (current term)
nymphical
nymphid
nymphine
nymphiparous
nymphish
nymphlike
nymphly
nymphocaruncular sulcus
nymphohymenal sulcus
nymphoid

Literary usage of Nymphic

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

1. The Shaybacks in Camp: Ten Summers Under Canvas by Samuel June Barrows, Isabel Chapin Barrows (1887)
"... X. nymphic NAVIGATION. THE Nymph had escaped the watery grave which threatened her. She was once more seaworthy and ready to make her first voyage to ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Henry Vandyke Carter, Luther Holden (1878)
"Superficial Lymphatics of Wall of Abdomen of Gluteal Region . of Scrotum and Perineum of Penis .... of Labia, nymphic, and Clitoris Deep Lymphatics of ..."

3. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1919)
"In the nymphic the trumpets are expanded and broadly triangular in shape. The imago exhibits a distinctive scale structure and, at all events in early life, ..."

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