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

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

She suffered a wound on the internal surface of the left nympha 1 1/2 inch long and 1/2 inch deep.

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

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

In one of his Latin epigrams occurs the celebrated line upon the miracle at Cana: Vidit et erubuit nympha pudica Deum: as englished by Dryden, The conscious water saw its Lord and blushed.

From From Chaucer to Tennyson by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

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)