Synonyms:
nymph
Meaning: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
Synonyms:
nymph
Meaning: a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
Usage examples
So to him the nymph thereafter made her death a curse, to him and to his children.
At length, when the moaning ceased, he sprang to his feet and ran like a nymph with swift outstretched toes.
I indeed knew of the sin when he came; and I bid him build an altar to the Thynian nymph, and offer on it an atoning sacrifice, with prayer to escape his father's fate.
Tell us I intreat you what is become of him?" "Yes, cold and insensible Nymph, (replied I) that luckless swain your Brother, is no more, and you may now glory in being the Heiress of Sir Edward's fortune."
How melts my beating heart as I behold Each lovely nymph, our island's boast and pride, Push on the generous steed, that sweeps along O'er rough, o'er smooth, nor heeds the steepy hill, Nor falters in the extended vale below! The Chase.