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 ( see nymph)

Example Sentences

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)

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

From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius

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

"O lacrymarum fons, tenero sacros Ducemtium ortus ex animo, quater Felix, in imo qui scatentem Pectore, te, pia nympha, sensit."

From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles

Inde suos probat explorans, et judice nympha Informat radios, ne non satis igne protervo Ora tremant, agilesque docet nova fulgura vultus, Atque suo vibrare jubet petulantius astro.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard