NOUN
- a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
- a fairy that inhabits water
- (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water
- submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
How To Use water nymph In A Sentence
- The classically educated amongst us will recognise it as an anagram of ‘Naiads’ the freshwater nymphs from Greek mythology, who dwelt in brooks and springs.
- During the Romantic period, most ballets told stories taken from ancient myths or dramas, with supernatural female creatures, such as sylphs, shades, and water nymphs, enjoying great popularity.
- And yet the main characters have not been mentioned here, nor those whom one hesitates to call dramatis personae-the Devil and his retinue, witches, corpses, water nymphs, demons of all aspects and of every stripe, and finally an enormous talking car with a cavalry mustache. Languagehat.com
