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Word Meanings - NYMPHOTOMY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Excision of the nymphæ.

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  • EXCISION
    The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. (more info) 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision.
  • NYMPHOLEPSY
    A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.
  • NYMPHOMANIA
    Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.
  • NYMPHALES
    An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.
  • NYMPHAL
    Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.
  • NYMPHLIKE; NYMPHLY
    Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.
  • NYMPHOTOMY
    Excision of the nymphæ.
  • NYMPHIC; NYMPHICAL
    Of or pertaining to nymphs.
  • NYMPHIPAROUS
    Producing pupas or nymphs.
  • NYMPHISH
    Relating to nymphs; ladylike. "Nymphish war." Drayton.
  • NYMPHOMANY
    See NYMPHOMANIA
  • NYMPH
    A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas Milton. 2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins
  • NYMPHAEA
    A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus. Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia, and the
  • NYMPHET
    A little or young nymph. "The nymphets sporting there." Drayton.
  • NYMPHOLEPTIC
    Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.
  • NYMPHA
    See PL
  • NYMPHEAN
    Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.
  • PARANYMPHAL
    Bridal; nuptial. At some paranymphal feast. Ford.
  • SEMINYMPH
    The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.
  • PARANYMPH
    A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride. Milton. The bridesmaid who conducted the bride to the bridegroom. 2. Hence: An ally; a supporter or abettor. Jer. Taylor.
  • WATER NYMPH
    A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.

 

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