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Definitions for: Nymph [n] a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
[n] (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
[n] a voluptuously beautiful young woman
Webster (1913) Definition: Nymph, n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. ?:
cf. F. nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.]
1. (Class. Myth.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of
butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the
peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.
Synonyms: houri
See Also: adult female, Asterope, Atlantides, Daphne, dryad, Echo, Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity, Hesperides, Hyades, larva, Oread, Pleiades, Salmacis, Sterope, water nymph, woman, wood nymph
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