Английский Этимологический словарь - nymph
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Nymph
nymph
- c.1385, from L. nympha "nymph, bride," from Gk. nymphe "bride," later "beautiful young woman," then "semi-divine being in the form of a beautiful maiden." Sense in Eng. of "young woman, girl" is from Gk. Nymphet is 1955, introduced by Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) in his novel "Lolita" to describe sexually alluring (in the eyes of some men) girls age 9 to 14.
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1.
~ n 1 one of the spirits of nature, who, according to ancient Greek and Roman stories, appeared as young girls living in trees, mountains, streams etc 2 poetic a girl or young woman ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
noun Etymology: Middle English nimphe, from Middle French, from Latin ~a bride, ~, from Greek ~e — more at nuptial Date: 14th century 1. any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees, and waters 2. girl 3. any of various immature insects; especially a larva of an insect (as a grasshopper, true bug, or mayfly) with incomplete metamorphosis that differs from the imago especially in size and in its incompletely developed wings and genitalia • ~al adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. 1 any of various mythological semi-divine spirits regarded as maidens and associated with aspects of nature, esp. rivers and woods. 2 poet. a beautiful young woman. 3 a an immature form of some insects. b a young dragonfly or damselfly. Derivatives nymphal adj. nymphean adj. nymphlike adj. Etymology: ME f. OF nimphe f. L nympha f. Gk numphe ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
энт. 1) нимфа (1. стадия в цикле полного превращения 2. личинка в цикле неполного превращения) 2) бабочка – water nymph – wood nymph ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
5.
1. миф. нимфа river nymph —- наряда tree nymph —- дриада sea nymph —- нереида ocean nymph —- океанида grotto nymph —- ореада 2. ручей, река 3. прекрасная девушка, нимфа 4. энт. куколка, личинка; нимфа, хризалида ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
6.
noun 1) myth. нимфа 2) poet. красивая, изящная девушка 3) куколка, нимфа, личинка (насекомого) ...Англо-русский словарь
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