Meaning of nymphology | Babel Free

Definitions

The study of mythological nymphs.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Then comes the point of the warning itself, the first instance of Propertius' outlandish nymphology in this poem […]”

“His criticism, however peremptory, is a just pronouncement on most of these literary incursions into the pretty paganism of nymphology.”

“[…] Boccaccio not only informs us about the nomenclature of nymphology, distinguishing Nereides, Naiades, Napeae, Anadriades, Hymnides and so forth […]”

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