nymph
Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind, etc.
Other meanings
A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
The larva of certain insects.
A kind of
- larva
Related words
- deutonymph
- flymph
- nymphal
- nymphic
- nymphine
- nymphiparous
- nymphish
- nymphlike
- nymphly
- nymphology
- nymphosis
- pronymph
Word history
From Ancient Greek "νύμφη" (bride).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nymph” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.