nymphan.

Brit.

/ˈnɪmfə/, U.S.

/ˈnɪmfə/

Inflections: Plural nymphae Brit.

/ˈnɪmfiː/, U.S.

/ˈnɪmfi/,

/ˈnɪmˌfaɪ/, nymphas.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nympha.

Etymology: < classical Latin nympha semi-divine spirit, young woman, maiden, larva of an insect, in post-classical Latin also labia minora (1528 in a commentary on Galen) < ancient Greek νύμϕη young bride, maiden, semi-divine spirit, larva of an insect, a type of mollusc, in Hellenistic Greek also clitoris, (in poetic use) water; probably cognate with classical Latin nūbere to marry (see nubile adj.¹). Compare nymph n.¹

1. Zoology. = nymph n.¹ 3a.Now used chiefly of ticks and mites.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > pupa or chrysalis

nymph1577

nympha1601

aurelia1608

chrysalis1658

puppet1671

pricket1707

pupa1770

chrysalid1777

pupe1819

naiad1918

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xvi. 318 The rest of the multitude, when they begin to take some shape, are called Nymphæ.

1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2100 All mine being of a late Hatch, and none of them yet turned into Nympha's (which is the word of Art for the Aurelia of a Bee).

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiv. 251 Sufficient Food and Nourishment in all their Nympha-State, in which they need Food.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 155 The different Shapes of seminal Animalculs, Eggs, Nymphæ and young Insects.

1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xvi. 16 They arrived at their full growth, and threw off their nympha-state by casting their outward skin.

1868 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 78 The Acarina pass through a series of metamorphoses—a hexapod larva issuing from the egg becoming converted into a nympha, from which the adult Mite proceeds.

1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 56 When the nympha is ready to undergo its transformation, it creeps up the stem of some water plant.

1906 Amer. Naturalist 40 834 The [cattle tick] larva..drops off, lies among the roots of the grass, and passes its first moult becoming a nympha.

1979 Jrnl. S. Afr. Vet. Assoc. 50 107 During the rainy season..the larvae and nymphae of this tick were found feeding under the tails of dairy cattle as well as in their ears.

2000 European Jrnl. Soil Biol. 36 107 Late instar larvae, nymphae and adults were located in the soil.

2. Anatomy. A labium minus. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vulva > labia

lip1598

nymphs1615

labium1634

nympha1646

tablier1789

Hottentot apron1833

1646 Britanicus his Blessings 5 The Nymphaes of six wanton sisters wombes, In their own liquor stew'd with Stygean plummes.

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 208 Nymphæ are little pieces of Flesh in a Woman's Secrets.

1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 366* They serve to defend the Nymphae and Labia Pudendi only from the Urinous Salts.

1754 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery (1764) I. 92 From the lower part of the Clitoris the Nymphæ rising spread outwards and downwards.

1827 Lancet 13 Oct. 96/1 The following rare case of carcinoma of the mucous membrane of the labium and nympha occurred in Mr. Wardrop's private practice.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxvi. 329 The internal wall of the nymphæ.

1863 tr. T. Waitz Introd. Anthropol. I. 106 Adams reports that in Dahomey the nymphæ are artificially elongated.

1878 W. J. Walsham Handbk. Surg. Pathol. xiii. 367 The tumour was flask-shaped and pendulous from the right wall of the vagina and right nympha.

1906 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. 134 The inner lips, the nymphæ or labia minora, running parallel with the greater lips which enclose them.

1935 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 117 17 In the female the labia majora and nymphæ are swollen to several times normal size.

1990 A. Joseph Through Devil's Gateway (BNC) 71 Here he says that of all cases of hypertrophy of the external genitalia in women, physicians are most frequently consulted regarding the nymphae (the inner labia) and the clitoris.

3. Conchology. Either of a pair of prominences on either side of the hinge of certain bivalve shells to which the ends of the external ligament are attached. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of

auricle1665

heel1673

lip1681

mouth1681

whirl1681

rib1711

antihelix1721

canal1734

columella1755

vesture1755

body whirl1776

fent1776

pillar1776

pillar-lip1776

septum1786

aperture1794

body whorl1807

costa1812

seam1816

spine1822

umbo1822

varix1822

peristome1828

summit1828

nucleus1833

concameration1835

lunula1835

nympha1836

nymph1839

lunule1842

peritreme1848

body chamber1851

axis1866

umbone1867

liration1904

1836 G. P. Deshayes in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 708/1 When the ligament is of this kind, it consists of two distinct layers, one external, thin, and very strong, composed of transverse fibres, which extend from one nympha to the other.

1889 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 138 451 The nymphæ, or processes to which the ligament is attached, and the fossette, or socket of the cartilage, have been strengthened and regulated by the development of various buttresses and other devices, varying in different groups.

1969 L. R. Cox in R. C. Moore Treat. Invertebr. Paleontol. N. I. 46/2 The nymphae or nymphs are narrow lunate platforms (one in each valve) which in many bivalves extend from the beaks along part of the posterodorsal margin.

1979 Science 9 Nov. 691 (caption) The chondrophores and nymphae of the right valve contained aragonite in each case.

1998 F. Zongjie in P. A. Johnston & J. W. Haggart Bivalves: Eon of Evol. 185 Here it [sc. the genus Beichuania] is assigned to the Modiomorphinae because of the well formed nymphae and the simplest dental formula.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nympha
释义	nymphan. Brit. /ˈnɪmfə/, U.S. /ˈnɪmfə/ Inflections: Plural nymphae Brit. /ˈnɪmfiː/, U.S. /ˈnɪmfi/, /ˈnɪmˌfaɪ/, nymphas. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nympha. Etymology: < classical Latin nympha semi-divine spirit, young woman, maiden, larva of an insect, in post-classical Latin also labia minora (1528 in a commentary on Galen) < ancient Greek νύμϕη young bride, maiden, semi-divine spirit, larva of an insect, a type of mollusc, in Hellenistic Greek also clitoris, (in poetic use) water; probably cognate with classical Latin nūbere to marry (see nubile adj.¹). Compare nymph n.¹ 1. Zoology. = nymph n.¹ 3a.Now used chiefly of ticks and mites. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > pupa or chrysalis nymph1577 nympha1601 aurelia1608 chrysalis1658 puppet1671 pricket1707 pupa1770 chrysalid1777 pupe1819 naiad1918 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xvi. 318 The rest of the multitude, when they begin to take some shape, are called Nymphæ. 1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2100 All mine being of a late Hatch, and none of them yet turned into Nympha's (which is the word of Art for the Aurelia of a Bee). 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiv. 251 Sufficient Food and Nourishment in all their Nympha-State, in which they need Food. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 155 The different Shapes of seminal Animalculs, Eggs, Nymphæ and young Insects. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xvi. 16 They arrived at their full growth, and threw off their nympha-state by casting their outward skin. 1868 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 78 The Acarina pass through a series of metamorphoses—a hexapod larva issuing from the egg becoming converted into a nympha, from which the adult Mite proceeds. 1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 56 When the nympha is ready to undergo its transformation, it creeps up the stem of some water plant. 1906 Amer. Naturalist 40 834 The [cattle tick] larva..drops off, lies among the roots of the grass, and passes its first moult becoming a nympha. 1979 Jrnl. S. Afr. Vet. Assoc. 50 107 During the rainy season..the larvae and nymphae of this tick were found feeding under the tails of dairy cattle as well as in their ears. 2000 European Jrnl. Soil Biol. 36 107 Late instar larvae, nymphae and adults were located in the soil. 2. Anatomy. A labium minus. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vulva > labia lip1598 nymphs1615 labium1634 nympha1646 tablier1789 Hottentot apron1833 1646 Britanicus his Blessings 5 The Nymphaes of six wanton sisters wombes, In their own liquor stew'd with Stygean plummes. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 208 Nymphæ are little pieces of Flesh in a Woman's Secrets. 1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 366* They serve to defend the Nymphae and Labia Pudendi only from the Urinous Salts. 1754 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery (1764) I. 92 From the lower part of the Clitoris the Nymphæ rising spread outwards and downwards. 1827 Lancet 13 Oct. 96/1 The following rare case of carcinoma of the mucous membrane of the labium and nympha occurred in Mr. Wardrop's private practice. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxvi. 329 The internal wall of the nymphæ. 1863 tr. T. Waitz Introd. Anthropol. I. 106 Adams reports that in Dahomey the nymphæ are artificially elongated. 1878 W. J. Walsham Handbk. Surg. Pathol. xiii. 367 The tumour was flask-shaped and pendulous from the right wall of the vagina and right nympha. 1906 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. 134 The inner lips, the nymphæ or labia minora, running parallel with the greater lips which enclose them. 1935 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 117 17 In the female the labia majora and nymphæ are swollen to several times normal size. 1990 A. Joseph Through Devil's Gateway (BNC) 71 Here he says that of all cases of hypertrophy of the external genitalia in women, physicians are most frequently consulted regarding the nymphae (the inner labia) and the clitoris. 3. Conchology. Either of a pair of prominences on either side of the hinge of certain bivalve shells to which the ends of the external ligament are attached. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of auricle1665 heel1673 lip1681 mouth1681 whirl1681 rib1711 antihelix1721 canal1734 columella1755 vesture1755 body whirl1776 fent1776 pillar1776 pillar-lip1776 septum1786 aperture1794 body whorl1807 costa1812 seam1816 spine1822 umbo1822 varix1822 peristome1828 summit1828 nucleus1833 concameration1835 lunula1835 nympha1836 nymph1839 lunule1842 peritreme1848 body chamber1851 axis1866 umbone1867 liration1904 1836 G. P. Deshayes in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 708/1 When the ligament is of this kind, it consists of two distinct layers, one external, thin, and very strong, composed of transverse fibres, which extend from one nympha to the other. 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 138 451 The nymphæ, or processes to which the ligament is attached, and the fossette, or socket of the cartilage, have been strengthened and regulated by the development of various buttresses and other devices, varying in different groups. 1969 L. R. Cox in R. C. Moore Treat. Invertebr. Paleontol. N. I. 46/2 The nymphae or nymphs are narrow lunate platforms (one in each valve) which in many bivalves extend from the beaks along part of the posterodorsal margin. 1979 Science 9 Nov. 691 (caption) The chondrophores and nymphae of the right valve contained aragonite in each case. 1998 F. Zongjie in P. A. Johnston & J. W. Haggart Bivalves: Eon of Evol. 185 Here it [sc. the genus Beichuania] is assigned to the Modiomorphinae because of the well formed nymphae and the simplest dental formula. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1601
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