oread
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English
Etymology
From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
oread (plural oreads or oreades)
- (Greek mythology) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
- 1831, L E 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.'
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Translations
mythology: minor mountain deity
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oread