nympha
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nympha
1595–1605; < Latin nympha ( see nymph)
Example Sentences
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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
In one of his Latin epigrams occurs the celebrated line upon the miracle at Cana: Vidit et erubuit nympha pudica Deum: as englished by Dryden, The conscious water saw its Lord and blushed.
From From Chaucer to Tennyson by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
"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
In the last line of Crashaw's epigram the reading in Poemata Anglorum Latina is 'Vidit et erubuit nympha pudica Deum.'
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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)
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