nymphs

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

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

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

A disappointment: why nothing about nymphs and satyrs in mythology?
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Raw Performance in ‘Nymphomaniac’ Is Not About the Sex|Jimmy So|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You know, swimming in lakes, collecting miniature butterflies and putting them in boxes and writing letters to nymphs.
Indie Rock's Bewitching New Siren|Rachel Syme|May 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The Homeric Cave of Nymphs, περι του εν Οδυσσεια των Νυμφων αντρου.
Simon Magus|George Robert Stow Mead
Before I come to the Nymphs, I must get through all disagreeables.
Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends|John Keats

The nymphs in Cupid's band displayed their names, written in large letters on their backs.
Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
I collect all that the luchet has turned up: larvae, nymphs and adult Beetles.
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
One day he met there some nymphs and wood-fairies, who said that they were performing holy rites in honour of the sun.
Deccan Nursery Tales|Charles Augustus Kincaid