nymphs

1. Female spirits of classical mythology who lived in forests, bodies of water, and other places outdoors.

Notes

By extension, a “nymph” is a beautiful or seductive woman.

Example Sentences

A disappointment: why nothing about nymphs and satyrs in mythology?

From The Daily Beast

As if from some horror movie, cicada nymphs have been described as “boiling out of the ground.”

From The Daily Beast

You know, swimming in lakes, collecting miniature butterflies and putting them in boxes and writing letters to nymphs.

From The Daily Beast

When the short-skirted, gossamer clad nymphs made their appearance on the stage they became restless and fidgety.

From Project Gutenberg

It seemed as if I was riding in some fairy park, and I expected, every moment, to see sylphs and nymphs appear before me.

From Project Gutenberg

The spectators pressed around,—but, breaking through the throng, came the fair nymphs aforesaid.

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There were, for example, wood and tree nymphs; Dryads and hamadryads—gods of rivers, such as Simois and Scamander.

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The dusky nymphs had flippety-flapped off; the hostess with the smile had also disappeared, and there was silence.

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