Nymphiparous Nym·phip"a·rous adjective [
Nymph + Latin
parere to produce.]
(Zoology) Producing pupas or nymphs.
Nymphish Nymph"ish adjective Relating to nymphs; ladylike. "
Nymphish war."
Drayton.
Nymphlike, Nymphly Nymph"like`, Nymph"ly adjective Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.
Nympholepsy Nym"pho·lep`sy 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 Nym`pho·lep"tic adjective Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied. [ Poetic]
Nymphomania Nym`pho·ma"ni·a noun [ Greek ... a bride + ... madness.]
(Medicine) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.
Nymphomany Nym"pho·ma`ny noun [ Confer French
nymphomanie .]
(Medicine) Same as Nymphomania .
Nymphotomy Nym·phot"o·my noun [
Nympha + Greek ... to cut.]
(Medicine) Excision of the nymphæ.
Nymphæa Nym·phæ"a 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 Nys Is not. See Nis . Chaucer. Spenser.
Nystagmus Nys·tag"mus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... drowsiness, from ... to nod in sleep, to slumber.]
(Medicine) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.
Nyula Ny·u"la noun (Zoology) A species of ichneumon ( Herpestes nyula ). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.
Nænia Næ"ni·a noun See Nenia .
Næve Næve noun [ Latin
naevus .]
A nævus. [ Obsolete]
Dryden.
Nævoid Næ"void adjective [
Nævus +
-oid .]
Resembling a nævus or nævi; as, nævoid elephantiasis. Dunglison.
Nævose Næ"vose` adjective Spotted; freckled.
Nævus Næ"vus (nē"vŭs)
noun ;
plural Nævi (- vī). [ Latin ]
(Medicine) A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.
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