wood nymph

Definition of wood nymphnext
as in nymph
a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors wood nymphs were usually conceived as being both beautiful and amorous

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Recent Examples of wood nymph Stark put a dreamy twist on her baby pink wings, delivering a real-life fairy fantasy with her soft makeup, sculptural hair and gauzy peach matching set worthy of a wood nymph. Emily Kirkpatrick, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023 Imagining oneself as a wood nymph wearing a bold lip and loud peasant dress doesn’t totally ward off unwanted attention. New York Times, 30 July 2021 Congrats to real-life wood nymph Taylor Swift! Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021 Lymph rhymes with wood nymph. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021 Sam and Dean discover a wood nymph who is determined to protect her family at any cost. Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020 Natalie Image, Simone McIntosh, Ashley Dixon, Philip Horst, Laura Krumm and Andrew Manea play assorted wood nymphs and forest denizens. Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 10 June 2019 Actors disguised as forest creatures, wood nymphs and deer, scampered about as the 850 students came to step away for one night from the horrific event that rocked all of their young lives. Anne Geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wood nymph
Noun
  • Sacramento County health inspectors closed four restaurants this week, including Carmichael’s Royal Cuisine, where a live nymph cockroach was found crawling on the salt and pepper shakers.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
  • August is when the season begins to ebb, with fewer nymphs around and eggs hatching larvae that are largely free of diseases.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The designs were completely different from the floor-length Givenchy gown with long sleeves that her sister Kim Kardashian rocked during her 2014 wedding to Kanye West or the mermaid-style Vera Wang dress that her sister Khloé Kardashian wore for her 2009 wedding to Lamar Odom.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • On May 19, the Golden Globe winner upped the sartorial drama at the Diamond screening in a black mermaid-style taffeta gown paired with a matching cape that fanned several feet behind her.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 May 2026

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“Wood nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wood%20nymph. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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