nymph
nounEtymology
From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”). Doublet of nympha.
Definitions
Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
The larva of certain insects.
›+ 2 more definitionsshow fewer
Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
To fish using a nymph larva as bait.
- Kuster meanwhile nymphed the middle of the Snag. When I joined him, I threw my streamer between the main channel's flow and the skinnier side-channel flow, […]
The neighborhood
- neighborlymph
- neighbornymphaeum
- neighbornympho
- neighbornymphomania
- neighbornymphomaniac
- neighborsylph
Derived
deutonymph, flymph, jungle nymph, nymphal, nymphet, nymphette, nymphic, nymphicidal, nymphicide, nymphine, nymphiparous, nymphish, nymphlike, nymphly, nymph of darkness, nymph of the pavé, nymph of the pavement, nymphoid, nymphology, nymphosis, pronymph, protonymph, seminymph, tree nymph, tritonymph, water nymph, woodnymph, wood-nymph
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nymph. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA