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Definition of Nymphal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.
Definition of Nymphal
1. Adjective. of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs ¹
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Definition of Nymphal
1. nymph [adj] - See also: nymph
Medical Definition of Nymphal
1. 1. Pertaining to a nymph. 2. Pertaining to the labia minora (nymphae). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphal
Literary usage of Nymphal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The earliest quotation (in K.) is from Drayton, The Muses' Elysium, nymphal 2.
[t] INSTIGATE, to urge on, incite. (L.) In Shak. ..."
2. Ants and Their Ways by William Farren White (1895)
"The marvellous history of the milch-kinc —The ' eggs' are pupae or the nymphal
form of the aphis— ..."