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nymphology

nymphology noun: the study of mythological nymphs.

Noun

nymphology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of mythological nymphs.
    • Then comes the point of the warning itself, the first instance of Propertius' outlandish nymphology in this poem […]1975, David O. Ross, Backgrounds to Augustan Poetry: Gallus Elegy and Rome, page 76
    • His criticism, however peremptory, is a just pronouncement on most of these literary incursions into the pretty paganism of nymphology.1989, Frederic S. Colwell, Rivermen: A Romantic Iconography of the River and the Source, page 110

Origin of nymphology

From nymph + -ology.

Words formed from nymphology

Questions about nymphology

What does nymphology mean?
Nymphology means the study of mythological nymphs.
What part of speech is nymphology?
Nymphology is a noun.

Words near nymphology in the dictionary

  1. nympholept
  2. nympholeptic
  3. nympholepts
  4. nymphologist
  5. nymphologists
  6. nymphology
  7. nymphomania
  8. nymphomaniac
  9. nymphomaniacal
  10. nymphomaniacally
  11. nymphomaniacs

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