lymph

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels

Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.

Germany is the lymph, Italy is the bile. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
You are made of spermaceti ointment and you’ve lymph in your veins instead of blood. — Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
--he emphasised the word, his strong blue-grey eyes full on Franky's--"as indispensable as lymph in your inner ear-tubes. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

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