ˈlim(p)f noun
( plural lymphs -m(p)fs, -mps)
Etymology: Latin lympha, alteration of earlier limpa, lumpa, modification of Greek nymphē nymph — more at nuptial
1. archaic : a spring or stream of water : pure clear water
dips her shining ankles in the lymph — E.R.B.Lytton
receive the baptismal lymph — George Borrow
2. archaic : the sap of plants
that moved the pure and subtle lymph through the … veins of leaf and flower — William Cowper
3.
[New Latin lympha , from Latin, water]
: a pale coagulable fluid that bathes the tissues, passes into lymphatic channels and ducts, and is discharged into the blood by way of the thoracic duct, and that consists of a liquid portion resembling blood plasma, numerous white blood cells, and normally no red blood cells — compare cerebrospinal fluid , chyle