nymphe

la nymphe (FR N-F) nymph. From the Greek meaning »young woman« or »bride,« in Greek mythology, a female spirit, either divine or semi-divine, in the form of a beautiful maiden residing in either mountain (oread), forest, tree (dryad, the hamadryads inhabited individual trees, and died with them), or body of water (naiad, nereid, or oceanid), or other particular locations. They were said to be extremely amorous, having numerous offspring with gods and men. »Nymphomaniac« refers to a woman who is…