oread

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In deep forest; oread, faun,

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  1. noun Greek Mythology Any of a group of mountain nymphs.

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  • He was glad his friend was popular; still- "I'm an oread," a nymph called from the steep side of the mountain. —  Castle Roogna
  • In deep forest; oread, faun, —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
  • Thereafter Jurgen came upon a considerable commotion in the bushes, where a satyr was at play with an oread. —  Jurgen A Comedy of Justice
  • She was a child of the whole world, as the naiad is the child of the river, and the oread of the mountain. —  There & Back
  • Was she salamander or sylph, naiad or undine, oread or dryad? —  There & Back
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  1. Latin Orēas, Orēad-, from Greek Oreias, from oreios, of a mountain, from oros, mountain.

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  1. from Greek ὀρειάς (ὀρειαδ-), a mountain nymph, properly adjective, of a mountain, from ὀρος, a mountain.
 

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