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Wood Nymph

Definition: Wood Nymph

Wood Nymph

Noun

1. A deity or nymph of the woods.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Wood Nymph

Synonym: dryad (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Wood Nymph

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Jupiter

Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Wood Nymph

English words defined with "wood nymph": Tree nymphZygenid. (references)

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Modern Usage: Wood Nymph

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Wood Nymph (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Wood Nymph

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Wood Nymph

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wood Nymph

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wood nymph

32
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wood Nymph

Language Translations for "wood nymph"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zanë (Faerie, fairy, Fay, pixy, spirit). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

самодива (elf, fairy), горска нимфа (dryad), вид пеперуда (satyr, swallow tail, yellow). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

erdei nimfa (dryad). (various references)

   

Manx

  

keyllagh (dryad), ben-jee ny keylley. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oodway ymphnay

   

Portuguese

  

ninfa dos bosques. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

nimfã a pãdurilor, driadã (dryad). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дриада (dryad, wood-nymph). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

šumska nimfa. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skogsnymf (dryad). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sinekkuşu (humming bird, Hummingbird), orman perisi (dryad, nymph). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Wood Nymph

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

dryas. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

Formica rufa, Lathyrus Sylvestris L.. (various references)

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Anagrams: Wood Nymph

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-h-m-n-o-o-p-w-y"

-3 letters: monody, nympho.

-4 letters: doomy, downy, hoody, howdy, mondo, moody, moony, nohow, nymph, oomph, phono, phony, whomp, whoop, woody.

-5 letters: dhow, doom, dopy, down, homo, homy, hood, hoop, hymn, hypo, mono, mony, mood, moon, mopy, mown, phon, pond, pony, pood, pooh, poon, whom, whop, wood, wynd, yodh, yond.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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