nutbrown, adj. brown, tan, beige, ecru, puce; wal nut, hazel, chocolate, coffee, cinnamon,
nutriment, n. nourishment, food, nutrition, pabulum, nurture, sustenance, subsistence. See - nourishment.
nutrition, n. 1. good eating habits, balanced diet. 2. nourishment, nutriment, food, pabulum, nurture, sustenance, subsistence. See - nourishment, nutritious, adj. nutritive, nourishing, alimentative, alimentary, alible, full of nutrients; life-giving, life-sustaining, health-giving, healthy, healthful, wholesome, salutary, beneficial, good for you.
nutty, adj. 1. lively, zestful, zesty, animated; vital, ebullient, SI. zingy; stimulating, exciting, rousing; tantalizing, fascinating; meaty, pithy, juicy, rich, interesting; flavorful, piquant, spicy, tangy.
2. Informal, inane, silly, fatuous, addled, addlepated, foolish, senseless, pointless, nonsensical; zany, ridiculous, laughable, absurd; All SI. goofy, wacky, batty, sappy, screwy.
3. Slang, insane, psychotic, lunatic, crazy, crazed, psychopathic; mad, manic, hysterical; maniac, demented, deranged, irrational; manic-depressive, paranoid, schizophrenic; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis, unbalanced, touched, Inf. daffy, daft; unhinged, Inf. unglued, SI. bonkers, Inf. dotty, SI. meshuga, mad as a hatter, Inf cracked, Inf. mental; All SI. balmy, dippy, cuckoo, buggy, bughouse, wacko, loony, squirrelly, bananas, nuts, nutty as a fruitcake; off one's rocker, off the wall, off one's trolley, out of one's gourd, off one's chump, out of one's tree; have bats in one's belfry, have a few buttons missing, have a few loose screws, not have all one's marbles.
nuzzle, v. 1. burrow, root up, nose out, nose; scrounge, forage, dig up.
2. cuddle, snuggle, nestle, snug, lie closely, curl up; fondle, cosset, coddle.
-n. 3. embrace, hug, caress, pet, pat; kiss, Inf buss, smooch, smack.
nymph, n. 1. sylph, sylphid, nymphet, wood or mountain nymph; water nymph, water sprite, undine, ondine, sea-maid, sea-maiden, mermaid; AU Class. Myth, dryad, hamadryad, oread, naiad, Oceanid, Nereid, Siren, Rom. Legend. Napaea, Roman Religion. Camena, Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, Postvorta, (in Scottish legend) kelpie; fairy, fay, sprite, pixy, nix, peri, elf, brownie, Irish Folklore. leprechaun.
2. damsel, maiden, maid, lass, lassie, Irish Eng. colleen; miss, young lady or woman, mademoiselle, demoiselle, Archaic, damoiselle; girl, schoolgirl, child.
3. larva, caterpillar, worm, grub, maggot, flyblow; pupa, chrysalia, cocoon.