Nymph : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Nymph	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nymph n (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water" a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) a voluptuously beautiful young woman Synonym(s): nymph, houri
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nymph \Nymph\, n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. [?]: cf. F. nymphe. Cf. {Nuptial}.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? --Milton. 2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. --Shak. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of a subfamily ({Najades}) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also {naiad}.