Definitions for nymphs

nymphs nymph

Spelling: [nimf]
IPA: /nɪmf/

Nymphs is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in nymphs (hmnpsy).

Definitions for nymphs

noun

  1. one of a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.
  2. a beautiful or graceful young woman.
  3. a maiden.
  4. the young of an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis.

Origin of nymphs

1350-1400; Middle English nimphe Latin nympha Greek nýmphē bride, nymph

Examples for nymphs

In mythology, the graces, the nymphs, and the muses are represented in snowy garments.

On the afternoon after the games, Thais was reposing in the Grotto of nymphs.

We are thy fleet, Idaean pines from the holy hill, now nymphs of the sea.

Judging from the ornaments and images, this must be a spot sacred to Achelous and the nymphs.

You know, swimming in lakes, collecting miniature butterflies and putting them in boxes and writing letters to nymphs.

At the portal had stood two nymphs, now almost classic with decay.

And fauns and nymphs and satyrs echoed that shout most joyously.

Do you not perceive that I am already overtaken by the nymphs to whom you have mischievously exposed me?

A disappointment: why nothing about nymphs and satyrs in mythology?

She gazes into heaven and seems unconscious of the nymphs sporting about her.

Word Value for nymphs
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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