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    [Noun]  | "nymph" | \ ˈnim(p)f \


    1: any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees, and waters

    2: girl

    3: any of various immature insects; especially : a larva of an insect (such as a grasshopper, true bug, or mayfly) with incomplete metamorphosis that differs from the imago especially in size and in its incompletely developed wings and genitalia


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English nimphe, borrowed from Middle French nymphe, borrowed from Latin nympha "nymph of mythology, young wife or maiden, pupa of an insect," borrowed from Greek nýmphē "bride, young wife, young unmarried woman, nymph of mythology, pupal stage of a bee or wasp," of uncertain origin;

      * Note : Greek nýmphē is conventionally compared to Latin nūbere "(of a woman) to get married (to)" (see: {nubile|nubile}), though there is no compelling explanation for -m-. R. Beekes (Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009) opts for a pre-Greek substratal origin.;

    [Noun]  | "water nymph" 


    1: a nymph (such as a naiad, Nereid, or Oceanid) associated with a body of water


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "wood nymph" 


    1: a nymph living in woods —called also dryad


    Origin: 1567 ;

    [Noun]  | "nymph" 


    1: a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors;


      * e.g., " ... she bought the book of fairy tales for the beautiful engravings of nymphs and fairies featured between the stories "



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    2: a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects;


      * e.g., " ... mayfly nymphs "



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    3: a female person who has not yet reached adulthood;


      * e.g., " ... the neighborhood nymphs were gathered at the local pizza parlor "



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    [Noun]  | "water nymph" 


    1: as in siren, mermaid;


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    [Noun]  | "wood nymph" 


    1: a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors;


      * e.g., " ... wood nymphs were usually conceived as being both beautiful and amorous "



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