Nymph

Noun

 * 1) The larva of certain insects.
 * 2)  Any minor female deity associated with water, forests, etc.
 * 3) A young girl, especially one who inspires lustful feelings.

Synonyms

 * instar, naiad
 * lolita, nymphet, nymphette

Derived terms

 * nymphet
 * nymphette

Related terms

 * nympho
 * nymphomania
 * nymphomaniac

Adjectives for Nymph
slim; skilful; inebriated; ambrosial; attending; woodland; gaudy; jeweled.

Verbs for Nymph
—s array; —awes; —cheers; —charms; — dances; —delights; —frolics; —gambols; — gladdens; —graces; —inspires; —meanders; —rejoices; —roams.

Thesaurus
Anlage, Atlantides, Hyades, Napaea, Pleiades, arachnid, arthropod, aurelia, beetle, blastula, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, chippy, chrysalis, cocoon, daddy longlegs, diplopod, dryad, embryo, fetus, floozy, flower nymph, fly, germ, germen, glen nymph, grisette, grub, hamadryad, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, limoniad, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, mountain nymph, nympha, nymphet, nymphlin, oread, pupa, rudiment, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick, tree nymph, vila, wiggler, willi, wood nymph, wriggler, zygote

Etymology
From nimphe: <  nympha: <  νύμφη:. Possibly cognate with nubile: (from Latin, from common Proto-Indo-European source), but this is disputed.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 幼蟲, 幼虫
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:, χρυσαλλίδα
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 幼虫 (ようちゅう, yōchū)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: личинка
 * Serbo-Croatian: nimfa
 * Welsh: nymff


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 水の精 (みずのせい, mizu no sei)


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: nimfă
 * Russian: нимфа
 * Serbian: rusalka, vila
 * Serbo-Croatian: nimfa
 * Spanish:


 * German: Nymphomanin
 * Greek: νυμφίδιο
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: