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Definition of Nymphish
1. a. Relating to nymphs; ladylike.
Definition of Nymphish
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs. ¹
2. Adjective. Resembling a nymph. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nymphish
1. like a nymph [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphish
Literary usage of Nymphish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"He writes of "all- loved" Drayton, "a genuine note of all the nymphish trains
began to tune"; of Ben Jonson, "One so judicious, so well knowing and A man ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... All-loved Drayton, in soul-raping strains, A genuine note, of all the nymphish
trains Began to tune ; on it all ears were hung, As sometime Dido's ou . ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... (a modern nonce word), Daphne, Clytie, Calypso, Callisto, Hesperides (pi.),
Hyades (pi.), Echo, houri, nixie. nymphal, a. nymphish, ..."
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