Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural The labia minora. No longer in technical use.

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  • noun Plural form of nympha.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin, from pl. of Latin nympha, nymph, from Greek numphē, bride, nymph, clitoris.]

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Examples

  • Hottentot women the extraordinary prolongation of the nymphae which is often called "the Hottentot apron" or _tablier_.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • [5761] Este procul nymphae, fallax genus este puellae,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • The oil of the hogweed, the echites putescens, the sarina plant, the yellow amaranth, and the leaf of the nymphae, if applied to the body, has the same effect.

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana 2006

  • But the eggs are not deposited in the cells simultaneously; on the contrary, in some cells are creatures big enough to fly, in others are nymphae, and in others are mere grubs.

    The History of Animals 2002

  • Frank at once presented his half-stiffened cock to his mother's lips, whilst Ethel, kneeling down between the maternal thighs, rolled her lascivious tongue in delight round that splendid clitoris and within the serrated nymphae which guarded the entrance to the temple of love, whilst her nose revelled amongst the beautiful chevelure of a most glorious mons Veneris, and inhaled all the sweet odours of that

    The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies Anonymous

  • Hesperidés autem nymphae erant quaedam fórmá praestantissimá, quae in terrá longinquá habitábant, et quibus aurea quaedam póma á Iúnóne commissa erant.

    Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland

  • In some countries, females are also circumcised by removal of the nymphae.

    Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897

  • Just within these are two thinner folds, the _labia minora_ or _nymphae_.

    Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897

  • Investigation has shown that the women were obliged to stand up on account of elongated nymphae and labia, while the men sought a sitting posture on account of the termination of the urethra being on the inferior side of the base of the penis, artificially formed there in order to prevent conception.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Labat has found traces of circumcision and excision of nymphae in mummies.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

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