oread
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]oread (plural oreads or oreades)
- (Greek mythology) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 92:
- The imprisoned ringlets are emancipated; 'fresh as the oread from the forest fountain,' you descend—you breathe the incense of the chocolate—not more I hope—and grow conversational and confidential over the green tea, which, with a fragrance beyond all the violets of April, rises to your lip, 'giving and taking odours.'
Hyponyms
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[edit]mythology: minor mountain deity
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