": any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees, and waters":[],
": girl":[
"Fair nymphs , and well-dressed youths around her shone \u2026",
"\u2014 Alexander Pope"
]
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"she bought the book of fairy tales for the beautiful engravings of nymphs and fairies featured between the stories",
"the neighborhood nymphs were gathered at the local pizza parlor, checking out the hot guys",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ariana's vocals are perfect, and her runs tumble effortlessly like a nimble forest nymph . \u2014 Patrick Gomez, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The name also nods to the nymph Egeria from Roman mythology, who was a counselor to kings. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The egg bite has been on fire and the nymph bite as the water clears will pick up as well. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Once hatched, a nymph will spend most of their lives in this stage before crawling out of the water to turn into a dragonfly, per the British Dragonfly Society. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Dec. 2021",
"On the mythical island of Aeaea, located on the Western coast of Italy, lived the goddess and sorceress, Circe-The Daughter of Helios, god of the sun, and Perse, the ocean nymph . \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The mortal gently cleanses the cast-iron with water, like a doting river nymph . \u2014 Emma Allen, The New Yorker , 3 Dec. 2021",
"According to British classicist Robert Graves, the nymph Metis was a goddess particularly endowed with wisdom and knowledge. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The results are striking: There is a golden girl, who seems very much a Greek nymph come to life. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English nimphe , from Middle French, from Latin nympha bride, nymph, from Greek nymph\u0113 \u2014 more at nuptial":""
},
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"\u02c8nimf",
"\u02c8nim(p)f"
],
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"dryad",
"hamadryad",
"naiad",
"oread",
"wood nymph"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083415",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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": labia minora":[],
": nymph sense 3":[],
": one of the thickened marginal processes behind the beak of many bivalves where the ligament is attached":[]
},
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"Latin":""
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"\u02c8nim(p)f\u0259"
],
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"noun"
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": any plant of the genus Nymphaea":[],
": the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae including numerous typical water lilies with sometimes fragrant flowers that have four green sepals and numerous petals which are as large as the sepals in the outer whorls and diminish centrally to the size and appearance of stamens and occur in white, pink to red, blue, and yellow in various members of the genus":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, water lily":"",
"New Latin, from Latin, water lily, from Greek nymphaia ; akin to Greek nymph\u0113 bride, nymph":"Noun"
": a demonic enthusiasm held by the ancients to seize one bewitched by a nymph":[],
": a frenzy of emotion":[]
},
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"\u02c8nim(p)-f\u0259-\u02cclep-s\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"nympholept , from Greek nymphol\u0113ptos frenzied, literally, caught by nymphs, from nymph\u0113 + lambanein to seize \u2014 more at latch":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231237"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of aquatic herbs (family Menyanthaceae) mostly of tropical regions and having floating round or cordate leaves and small yellow or white umbellate flowers \u2014 see floating heart":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"nim\u02c8f\u022fid\u0113z"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from nymph- + Latin -oides -oid":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002658"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
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": a family of aquatic plants (order Ranales) having long-stalked often peltate leaves, large flowers with 3 to 5 sepals and numerous petals and stamens, and polycarpellary indehiscent fruit and comprising the water lilies \u2014 see nelumbo , nuphar , nymphaea , victoria":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the change of an insect into a nymph":[]
},
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"nim\u02c8f\u014ds\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from nymph- + -osis":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005739"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an ichneumon ( Herpestes ichneumon )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nim(p)s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"native name in Egypt":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011306"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person affected by nymphomania : nymphomaniac":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nim(p)-(\u02cc)f\u014d"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for nymphomaniac":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051704"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling a nymph (as in grace or beauty)":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-052221"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or resembling a nymph":[]
},
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"\u02c8nim(p)fish"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065026"
},
"nymph pink":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a moderate to strong pink that is bluer and darker than hermosa pink or peachblossom (see peachblossom sense 1 )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070321"
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"nymphaeum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Roman building or room containing a fountain, adorned with plants and sculpture, and serving as a place of rest":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French nymphaeum , from Latin, literally, shrine of nymphs, from Greek nymphaion , from nymph\u0113 nymph":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082121"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a family (Nymphalidae) of butterflies (such as a mourning cloak or fritillary) with the first pair of legs being hairy, reduced in size, and useless for walking":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nim-f\u0259-l\u0259d",
"nim-\u02c8fa-l\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Nymphalidae , ultimately from Latin nympha nymph":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-084627"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of aquatic plants (order Ranales) having long-stalked often peltate leaves, large flowers with 3 to 5 sepals and numerous petals and stamens, and polycarpellary indehiscent fruit and comprising the water lilies \u2014 see nelumbo , nuphar , nymphaea , victoria":[]
"New Latin, from Nymphaea , type genus + -aceae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111600"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a widely distributed family of butterflies mostly of medium or large size and distinguished by having the forelegs much reduced in size in both sexes so that they are useless in walking and are carried folded on the breast, usually absent tarsal claws, larvae that are usually spiny or provided with fleshy processes, and pupae that are usually of angular outline and hang suspended by the tip of the tail \u2014 see four-footed butterfly":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"nim\u02c8fal\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Nymphalis , type genus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184443"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae including numerous typical water lilies with sometimes fragrant flowers that have four green sepals and numerous petals which are as large as the sepals in the outer whorls and diminish centrally to the size and appearance of stamens and occur in white, pink to red, blue, and yellow in various members of the genus":[],
": any plant of the genus Nymphaea":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"nim\u02c8f\u0113\u0259",
"\""
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, water lily, from Greek nymphaia ; akin to Greek nymph\u0113 bride, nymph":"Noun",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194718"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a widely distributed genus of nymphalid butterflies":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"nim\u02c8fal\u0259\u0307s",
"-f\u00e4l-",
"-f\u0101l-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, nymphal, from nympha nymph + -alis -al":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235244"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or appropriate to nymphs : inhabited by nymphs":[
"nymphean grace and beauty",
"\u2014 G. W. Cable"
]
},
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"\u02c8nim(p)f\u0113\u0259n",
"nim\u02c8f-"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"nymph + -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235545"
},
"nymphet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nim(p)-f\u0259t",
"nim-\u02c8fet"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a moment of serendipity, Saber encounters an underage nymphet with the luscious nickname Strawberry (Suzanna Son) who works at the local doughnut shop but dreams of a life in a faraway place. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Professor Humbert Humbert marries a widow to be near her nymphet daughter. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Few seemed willing to forgive her for being a spoiled, non-virginal nymphet . \u2014 Stacy Schiff, The New Yorker , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Her id-like nymphets bump up against censorious, finger-wagging brigades of peasant women and occasionally men \u2014 hapless tourists who have wandered into the wide shot. \u2014 Julia Felsenthal, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2020",
"The most dangerous creature of all is the nymphet , the femme fatale, the siren who will lead a good man to ruin, a common archetype threaded throughout art, music and literature. \u2014 Kim Liggett, Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011019"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": nymph sense 3":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-f\u0259\u0307d"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"nymph + -id , noun suffix":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011431"
},
"Nymphidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small family of primitive neuropterous insects related to the ant lions and confined to the Australian region":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nim(p)f\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Nymphes , type genus (from Latin nympha nymph) + -idae":""
