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   nymph , n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. νύμφη: cf. F. nymphe.  Cf. Nuptial.]
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   (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
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   Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep
   Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?
   Milton.
   
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   Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
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   Nymph, in thy orisons
   Be all my sins remembered.
   Shak.
   
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   (Zool.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
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   (Zool.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.
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