Found 3 items, similar to Nymph.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: nymph
bidadari, kepompong, peri
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nymph
nymph
n 1: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually
depicted as a beautiful maiden;
“the ancient Greeks
believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of
water”
2: a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the
dragonfly or mayfly)
3: a voluptuously beautiful young woman [syn:
houri]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: nymph
nymph
\nymph\ (n[i^]mf), n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young
woman, Gr. ny`mfh: cf. F. nymphe. Cf.
Nuptial.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests,
meadows, or waters.
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Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep
Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?
--Milton.
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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["o]l.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies
including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock
butterfly, etc.; -- called also
naiad.
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