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nymphology

noun

Etymology

From nymph + -ology.

  1. derived from νύμφη — “bride”
  2. derived from nympha — “nymph, bride”
  3. derived from nimphe
  4. inherited from nymphē
  5. inherited from nimphe
  6. suffixed as nymphology — “nymph + ology”

Definitions

  1. The study of mythological nymphs.

    • Then comes the point of the warning itself, the first instance of Propertius' outlandish nymphology in this poem […]
    • His criticism, however peremptory, is a just pronouncement on most of these literary incursions into the pretty paganism of nymphology.
    • […] Boccaccio not only informs us about the nomenclature of nymphology, distinguishing Nereides, Naiades, Napeae, Anadriades, Hymnides and so forth […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA