nymph´like´

nymph´like´
nymph «nihmf», noun.
1. a lesser Greek and Roman goddess of nature, who lived in seas, rivers, springs, fountains, hills, woods, or trees.
2. a beautiful or graceful young woman: »

Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remember'd (Shakespeare).

3. any one of certain insects in the stage of development between egg and adult. It resembles the adult but lacks fully developed wings.
4. any one of a fancy variety of goldfish.
[< Old French nymphe, or nimphe, learned borrowing from Latin nympha < Greek nýmphē]
nymph´like´, adjective.

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