Meaning of NYMPH
| Pronunciation: | | nimf
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | houri |
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| | 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 | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Nymph
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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}.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing nymphs in your dream indicates that passionate desires will be joyously realized. |
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| | Related Terms: | | Anlage, arachnid, arthropod, Atlantides, aurelia, beetle, blastula, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, chippy, chrysalis, cocoon, daddy longlegs, diplopod, dryad, embryo, fetus, floozy, flower nymph, fly, germ, germen, glen nymph, grisette, grub, hamadryad, harvestman, hexapod, Hyades, insect, larva, limoniad, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, mountain nymph, Napaea, nympha, nymphet, nymphlin, oread, Pleiades, pupa, rudiment, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick, tree nymph, vila, wiggler, willi, wood nymph, wriggler, zygote |
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