wood nymph
Noun
Meaning
wood-nymph (plural wood-nymphs)
Alternative form of woodnymph
Alternative names
wood-nymph
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Examples
The wood nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They'd had centuries of practice running away from lovesick gods. But still, it was a little humiliating to be slower than a tree.
I stared at him (Dionysus). "You're... you're married? But I thought you got in trouble for chasing a wood nymph.
I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.
I like the way he looks at me, like I am a wood nymph that he happened upon one day and just had to take home to keep.