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nymph [nɪmf] n 1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) Myth a spirit of nature envisaged as a beautiful maiden 2. Chiefly poetic a beautiful young woman 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the larva of insects such as the dragonfly and mayfly. It resembles the adult, apart from having underdeveloped wings and reproductive organs, and develops into the adult without a pupal stage [via Old French from Latin, from Greek numphē nymph; related to Latin nūbere to marry] nymphal , nymphean [ˈnɪmfɪən] adj nymphlike adj
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Translations n nymph [nimf] a goddess or spirit of the rivers, trees etc. nimf حورِيَّه нимфа nymfa nymfe die Nymphe νύμφη, νεράιδα ninfa nümf حورى؛ زن بسيار زيبا nymfi nymphe נִימפָה अप्सरा vodena vila, nimfa nimfa peri nÿmfa, dís ninfa 精霊 님프: 바다, 산, 강, 목장 등에 사는 아름다운 정령(精靈) nimfa nimfa dewi nimf nymfe, fe nimfa ninfa nimfă нимфа nymfa (vodna) vila nimfa nymf นางไม้ peri, su/orman vb. perisi 居於山林水澤中的仙女 німфа حور، درياؤں و درختوں کي ديوي nữ thần 居于山林水泽中的仙女 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Ah, Pelisson," cried La Fontaine, going over to him, "I was fancying," he continued, "that the nymph of Vaux - " Lore (two syllables) was a water nymph who used to sit on a high rock called the Ley or Lei (pronounced like our word LIE) in the Rhine, and lure boatmen to destruction in a furious rapid which marred the channel at that spot. When not engaged in reading Virgil, Homer, or Mistral, in parks, restaurants, streets, and suchlike public places, he indited sonnets (in French) to the eyes, ears, chin, hair, and other visible perfections of a nymph called Therese, the daughter, honesty compels me to state, of a certain Madame Leonore who kept a small cafe for sailors in one of the narrowest streets of the old town. |
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