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Nymph (medicine) and recompense 2, noun (oh)


Nymph (medicine)


nymph


1. A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. "Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ?" (Milton)

2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. "Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered." (Shak)

3. <zoology> The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.

4. <zoology> Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.

Synonym: naiad.

Origin: L. Nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr., cf. F. Nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.

Source: Websters Dictionary


recompense 2, noun (oh)



2 n [singular, U]
formal something that you give to someone for trouble or losses that you have caused them, or as a reward for their help
-synonym compensation compensation recompense for
::financial recompense for the victims of violence