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Grammar : Noun
Spell : nimf
Phonetic Transcription : nɪmf

Définition of nymph

Origin :
  • late 14c., "class of semi-divine female beings," from Old French nimphe (13c.), from Latin nympha "nymph, demi-goddess; bride, mistress, young woman," from Greek nymphe "bride, young wife," later "beautiful young woman," then "semi-divine being in the form of a beautiful maiden;" related to Latin nubere "to marry, wed" (see nuptial). Sub-groups include dryads, hamadryads, naiads, nereids, and oreads. Sense in English of "young woman, girl" is attested from 1580s. Meaning "insect stage between larva and adult" is recorded from 1570s. Related: Nymphal; nymphean.
  • noun female nature spirit
Example sentences :
  • It was a dressing-room for a nymph of the woods, for a dryad, for Diana herself.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • A nymph with bright and flowing hair; a hag like Hecuba, by Jove!
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • She was dressed as a country girl, but looked as lovely as a nymph.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • But Verelst, scowling at the dial which the legs of the nymph upheld, removed his glasses.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • He, men say, was sprung of Faunus and the nymph Marica of Laurentum.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • She was a nymph once, they say—the daughter of Idmon the dyer, of Colophon, a city of Lydia.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • But I'm going to stay on and see my nymph safely through her dark days.
  • Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • What answer does the lovelorn swain receive from the nymph he adores?
  • Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
  • He tarried so long that the nymph, or whatever it might be, came nearer.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • "Haste thee, nymph," called Edith Williams, after the fleeing Judy.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed

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