Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Nymphiparous

Nym‐phip″a‐rous (?), a. [Nymph + L. parere to produce.] (Zoöl.) Producing pupas or nymphs.

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Nymphish

Nymph″ish (?), a. Relating to nymphs; ladylike. “Nymphish war.” Drayton.

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Nymphlike

{ Nymph″like′ (?), Nymph″ly (?), } a. Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.

2110

Nympholepsy

Nym″pho‐lep′sy (nĭm″fō̍‐lĕp′sy̆), n. [Gr. νύμφη a nymph + λαμβάνειν to seize.] A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a ...

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Nympholeptic

Nym′pho‐lep″tic (–lĕp″tĭk), a. Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.

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Nymphomania

Nym′pho‐ma″ni‐a (–mā″nĭ‐ȧ), n. [Gr. νύμφη a bride + μανία madness.] (Med.) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

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Nymphomany

Nym″pho‐ma′ny (?), n. [Cf. F. nymphomanie.] (Med.) Same as Nymphomania.

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Nymphotomy

Nym‐phot″o‐my (?), n. [Nympha + Gr. τέμνειν to cut.] (Med.) Excision of the nymphæ.

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Nys

Nys (?). Is not. See Nis. Chaucer. Spenser.

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Nystagmus

‖Nys‐tag″mus (?), n.(Med.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

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Nyula

Ny‐u″la (?), n.(Zoöl.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.