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Nymphean

Nymphean \Nym*phe"an\, a. [Gr. ?. See Nymph.] Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.

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nymphean

a. of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs

Usage examples of "nymphean".

Minuet and gavotte determine the sequence of steps in the dusky, goblin-inhabited, ninefold green, nymphean lovers' maze of Zander's park.

Without throwing a Nymphean tissue over a milkmaid, let it be said that here criticism checked itself as out of place, and looked at her proportions with a long consciousness of pleasure.