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oread Gr. and Lat. Mythol.|ˈɔəriːæd|
[ad. L. Orēas, Orēad-, a. Gr. Ὀρειάς, Ὀρειαδ- mountain-nymph, f. ὄρος mountain: see -ad.]
A nymph supposed to inhabit mountains; a mountain-nymph.
c1586Spenser Past. Aeglogue 64 The Nymphs and Oreades her round about Do sit lamenting on the grassie grene. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 387 Like a Wood-Nymph light Oread or Dryad. a1763Shenstone Wks. (1764) I. 273 The oreads lik'd the climate well. 1795–1814Wordsw. Excursion iv. 882 Fleet Oreads sporting visibly. 1844Mrs. Browning Dead Pan viii, Have ye left the mountain places, Oreads wild, for other tryst? |