sea-maid

[ see-meyd ]

noun

1. a mermaid.
2. a goddess or nymph of the sea.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea-maid¹

First recorded in 1580–90; sea + maid

Example Sentences

A spondee is a foot of two equally accented syllables; as, mainspring, sea-maid.

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Facing the bar, a startled sea maid turned her head, ever about to plunge to the safety of green seas.

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And before that despatch ever reached Wilmington the navy agent was in the offing in the Sea Maid.

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As it was, a pair of brown eyes blinded him, and the tones of a voice sweeter than the songs of Oberon's sea-maid filled his ears.

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Some report a sea-maid spawned him; some, that he was begot between two stock-fishes.

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