What does nymphology mean?
Nymphology means (rare) The study of mythological nymphs..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) The study of mythological nymphs..
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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Nymphology means (rare) The study of mythological nymphs..
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Then comes the point of the warning itself, the first instance of Propertius' outlandish nymphology in this poem […]
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