nympha
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of nympha
1595–1605; < Latin nympha ( see nymph)
Example Sentences
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"O lacrymarum fons, tenero sacros Ducemtium ortus ex animo, quater Felix, in imo qui scatentem Pectore, te, pia nympha, sensit."
From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles
Morgagni describes a supernumerary left nympha, and Petit is accredited with seeing a case which exhibited neither nymphae, clitoris, nor urinary meatus.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Inde suos probat explorans, et judice nympha Informat radios, ne non satis igne protervo Ora tremant, agilesque docet nova fulgura vultus, Atque suo vibrare jubet petulantius astro.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
I observe the Magnolia, with large white wax-like flowers, somewhat resembling the giant nympha of Guiana.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
Virgil makes his wife's name Marica— Hunc Fauna, et nympha genitum Laurente Marica Accipimus.—Aen. vii.
From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius
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