nympha

American  

[nim-fuh] / ˈnɪm fə /

noun

plural

nymphae

1. Anatomy. one of the inner labia of the vulva.

2. nymph.

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nympha British  

/ ˈnɪmfə /

noun

1. Also called: labium minus pudendi.  anatomy either one of the labia minora

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Etymology

Origin of nympha

1595–1605; < Latin nympha ( nymph )

Example Sentences

Christina, dulcis nympha, diutiùs Ne te moretur: qui merito clues Prudens Ulysses, sperne doctæ Popula deliciasque Circes.

From A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. by Morton, Charles

Virgil makes his wife's name Marica—     Hunc Fauna, et nympha genitum Laurente Marica     Accipimus.—Aen. vii.

From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 09: Vitellius by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius

These insects, during the stage of egg, larva, and nympha, live in water, and afterwards, as developed insects, in the air.

From Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians by Sutherland, Halliday G.

I observe the Magnolia, with large white wax-like flowers, somewhat resembling the giant nympha of Guiana.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

Morgagni describes a supernumerary left nympha, and Petit is accredited with seeing a case which exhibited neither nymphae, clitoris, nor urinary meatus.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)