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woman, Gr. ny`mfh: cf. F. nymphe. Cf. {Nuptial}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. [1913 Webster] Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep
Closed o er the head of your loved Lycidas?
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2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
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Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered. --Shak.
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3. (Zo"ol.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
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4. (Zo"ol.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies
including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock
butterfly, etc.; -- called also {naiad}.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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