† Napaeadn.
Obsolete. rare.
A wood nymph; = Napaea n.
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hamadryad1390
Napaea?1553
dryad1555
sylvan1565
wood-nymph1577
sylvester1657
Napaean1753
Napaead1818
tree-nymph1831
1818 L. Hunt Foliage p. xi And there are the Napeads—names till now Scarce known.
1880 R. H. Stoddard Poems 147 From rivers, brooks, and springs, you Naiads come, With Napeads from the vale.
1887 E. Dowden Life Shelley II. v. 188 This poem [in Leigh Hunt's ‘Foliage’], with its Oreads, Napeads, Limniads, Nepheliads, probably suggested to Shelley the word ‘Poliad’, a city nymph.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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