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nymph
(nĭmf)n.
1. Greek & Roman Mythology Any of numerous minor deities represented as beautiful maidens inhabiting and sometimes personifying features of nature such as trees, waters, and mountains.
2. A sexually mature and attractive young woman.
3.
a. The immature form of an insect, such as a grasshopper, that does not pass through a pupal stage during metamorphosis. Nymphs resemble adults but are smaller and lack fully developed wings.
b. The eight-legged immature form of certain arachnids, such as ticks and mites.
[Middle English nimphe, from Old French, from Latin nympha, from Greek numphē.]
nymph′al (nĭm′fəl) adj.
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nymph
(nɪmf)n
1. (European Myth & Legend) myth a spirit of nature envisaged as a beautiful maiden
2. chiefly poetic a beautiful young woman
3. (Zoology) the immature form of some insects, such as the dragonfly and mayfly, and certain arthropods. Nymphs resemble the adult, apart from having underdeveloped reproductive organs and (in the case of insects) wings, and develop into the adult without a pupal stage
[C14: via Old French from Latin, from Greek numphē nymph; related to Latin nūbere to marry]
ˈnymphal, nymphean adj
ˈnymphlike adj
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nymph
(nɪmf)n.
1. any of a class of lesser deities in classical mythology, conceived of as beautiful young women inhabiting the sea, rivers, trees, or mountains.
2. a beautiful or graceful young woman.
3. the young of an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis.
[1350–1400; Middle English nimphe < Latin nympha < Greek nýmphē bride, nymph]
nymph′al, nym′phe•an (-fi ən) adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  nymph - (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity - a deity of classical mythology Echo - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained Atlantides, Hesperides - (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera Hyades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward Oread - (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs Pleiades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion water nymph - (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water Daphne - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo dryad, wood nymph - a deity or nymph of the woods Salmacis - nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body |
| 2. | nymph - a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose | |
| 3. |  nymph - a voluptuously beautiful young womanadult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
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Translations
حورِيَّه
nymfa
nymfe
nimfa
nÿmfa, dís
nimfa
nimfa
nimfă
nymfa
perisu/orman vb. perisi
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nymph
(nimf) noun a goddess or spirit of the rivers, trees etc.
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