wood nymph

as in nymph
a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors wood nymphs were usually conceived as being both beautiful and amorous

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Recent Examples of wood nymph Stark put a dreamy twist on her baby pink wings, delivering a real-life fairy fantasy with her soft makeup, sculptural hair and gauzy peach matching set worthy of a wood nymph. Emily Kirkpatrick, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023 Congrats to real-life wood nymph Taylor Swift! Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021 Lymph rhymes with wood nymph. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021 Imagining oneself as a wood nymph wearing a bold lip and loud peasant dress doesn’t totally ward off unwanted attention. New York Times, 30 July 2021 Sam and Dean discover a wood nymph who is determined to protect her family at any cost. Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020 Natalie Image, Simone McIntosh, Ashley Dixon, Philip Horst, Laura Krumm and Andrew Manea play assorted wood nymphs and forest denizens. Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 10 June 2019 Actors disguised as forest creatures, wood nymphs and deer, scampered about as the 850 students came to step away for one night from the horrific event that rocked all of their young lives. Anne Geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wood nymph
Noun
  • After hatching, the immature cicadas or nymphs spend 17 or 13 years underground, feeding on roots, then emerge during the spring and transform into adult cicadas.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 June 2025
  • Inspectors observed insect droppings and nymphs on the floor of the kitchen.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • On the road, Pearce has seen entire families come dressed in matching mermaid outfits and others in tutus.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 June 2025
  • Hough’s pristine ivory look featured a tulle mermaid skirt reminiscent of the kind worn by Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors and Vera Ellen in the 1940s and ‘50s.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 9 June 2025

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“Wood nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wood%20nymph. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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