Usage of "nymph" | TermGallery

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A voluptuously beautiful young woman.

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Examples for "houri"

Examples for "houri"

Alex was dreaming of houris, or rather of one houri in particular. 
 Arabian nights with a rake 

But when one finds himself thrown into the society of an houri- 
 Stolen Treasure 

What a cloud of sable curls about the face of a houri! 
 The Professor 

If you are not careful, you will lose your houri too. 
 Arabian nights with a rake 

She was as fair and beautiful as an houri of Sa'adi. 
 The Adventures of Kathlyn 

Usage of nymph in English

Back came the imitation, shot out of the wood by the nymph: 
 Janice Day at Poketown 

I suppose because he compared you to a nymph in the fable. 
 Monsieur de Camors — Volume 1 

We do not succeed in finding one single nymph of the Halictus. 
 Bramble-Bees and Others 

Egeria is the only nymph of a fountain mentioned in Roman mythology. 
 Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology 

I took a moment to tell her about Sky the wood nymph. 
 Broken Homes 

Then the nymph who had compassion for him called to the others. 
 The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 

At the theatre a duchess; here a nereid, a nymph, a fairy. 
 The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History 

The nymph was not quite as nimble as she once had been. 
 Jitterbug Perfume 

Old Greek mythology would certainly make her a nymph of the hills. 
 Opening a Chestnut Burr 

Only the statue of the wood nymph stands in the living room. 
 Arcadia falls 

Yet the nymph herself did not submit to this purification without repining. 
 The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 

Opening his eyes, he studied her approach, graceful as a wood nymph. 
 Immortal wolf 

Lance-straight and slender, his wood nymph waded knee deep through the ferns. 
 The Vision Splendid 

Rhoecus boldly asked her love, and the nymph yielded to his desire. 
 Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable 

So it became common to call any beautiful young woman a nymph. 
 True Stories about Dogs and Cats 

OENONE, nymph, married by Paris in his youth, and abandoned for Helen 
 Legends of Charlemagne 

nymph

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Nymph through the time

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Meanings of nymph in English