mountain nymphn.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈnɪmf/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌnɪmf/

Forms: see mountain n. and adj. and nymph n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., nymph n.¹

Etymology: < mountain n. + nymph n.¹

1. A nymph (nymph n.¹ 1) inhabiting mountains. Also in extended use.

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1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxx. 164 The Mountaine Nymphs..doe giue each other chase, At Hood-winke, Barley-breake, at Tick, or Prison-base.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 32 The Mountain Nymph, sweet Liberty.

1651 T. Stanley Poems 31 All the mountain-Nymphs about him [sc. Adonis] weep.

1707 N. Tate Injur'd Love i. 7 The Mountain Nymph, that dresses at a Fountain Her inn'cent Head with Daisies.

1794 H. B. Dudley Travellers in Switzerland ii. v. 55 Where, I wonder, is my Mountain Nymph?

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iii. 115 Mountain-nymph charm-struck by the night.

1908 ‘M. Field’ Wild Honey 54 Macris, the mountain nymph, lifts up a child, Brought under name of Bacchus to her knee.

1996 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 3) 1056/2 Oreads are mountain-nymphs.

†2. A hillstar (hummingbird) of the South American genus Oreotrochilus. Obsolete. rare.

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1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds III. 52 The Mountain Nymphs (Oreotrochilus).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountain nymph
释义	mountain nymphn. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈnɪmf/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌnɪmf/ Forms: see mountain n. and adj. and nymph n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., nymph n.¹ Etymology: < mountain n. + nymph n.¹ 1. A nymph (nymph n.¹ 1) inhabiting mountains. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > other types of oreada1393 mountain nymph1622 nepheliad1818 poliad1818 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxx. 164 The Mountaine Nymphs..doe giue each other chase, At Hood-winke, Barley-breake, at Tick, or Prison-base. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 32 The Mountain Nymph, sweet Liberty. 1651 T. Stanley Poems 31 All the mountain-Nymphs about him [sc. Adonis] weep. 1707 N. Tate Injur'd Love i. 7 The Mountain Nymph, that dresses at a Fountain Her inn'cent Head with Daisies. 1794 H. B. Dudley Travellers in Switzerland ii. v. 55 Where, I wonder, is my Mountain Nymph? 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iii. 115 Mountain-nymph charm-struck by the night. 1908 ‘M. Field’ Wild Honey 54 Macris, the mountain nymph, lifts up a child, Brought under name of Bacchus to her knee. 1996 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 3) 1056/2 Oreads are mountain-nymphs. †2. A hillstar (hummingbird) of the South American genus Oreotrochilus. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds III. 52 The Mountain Nymphs (Oreotrochilus). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1622
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