Nymphal adjective Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.

Nymphales noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies .

Nymphean adjective [ Greek .... See Nymph .] Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.

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

Nymphic, Nymphical adjective [ Greek ... bridal.] Of or pertaining to nymphs.

Nymphiparous adjective [ Nymph + Latin parere to produce.] (Zoology) Producing pupas or nymphs.

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

Nymphlike, Nymphly adjective Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.

Nympholepsy noun [ Greek ... a nymph + ... to seize.] A species 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.

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

Nymphomania noun [ Greek ... a bride + ... madness.] (Medicine) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

Nymphomany noun [ Confer French nymphomanie .] (Medicine) Same as Nymphomania .

Nymphotomy noun [ Nympha + Greek ... to cut.] (Medicine) Excision of the nymphæ.

Nymphæa noun [ Latin , the water lily, Greek ....] (Botany) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.

» Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia , and the name Nymphæa transferred to what is now known as Nuphar .

Nys Is not. See Nis . Chaucer. Spenser.

Nystagmus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... drowsiness, from ... to nod in sleep, to slumber.] (Medicine) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

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