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A little or young nymph. [Poetic] "The nymphets sporting there." Drayton.

Of or pertaining to nymphs.

Producing pupas or nymphs.

Relating to nymphs; ladylike. "Nymphish war." Drayton.

Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.

s of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.

Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied. [Poetic]

Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

Same as Nymphomania.

Excision of the nymphæ.

Is not. See Nis. Chaucer. Spenser.

A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

Same as Abiogenesis.

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. Glover. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was a…

odies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] Bacon.

Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.

In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vise versâ.

Acronycal.

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.