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nymphic

nymphic adjective: of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.

Adjective

nymphic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
    • Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac); and these chosen creatures I propose to design as “nymphets.”1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    nymphal, nymphean

Synonyms of nymphic

Origin of nymphic

From nymph + -ic.

Questions about nymphic

What does nymphic mean?
Nymphic means of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
What part of speech is nymphic?
Nymphic is an adjective.

Words near nymphic in the dictionary

  1. nymphets
  2. nymphette
  3. nymphettes
  4. nympheum
  5. nympheums
  6. nymphic
  7. nymphical
  8. nymphicidal
  9. nymphid
  10. nymphids
  11. nymphine

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