dryad
a deity or nymph of the woods.
Origin of dryad
1Other words from dryad
- dry·ad·ic [drahy-ad-ik], /draɪˈæd ɪk/, adjective
- Compare hamadryad.
Words Nearby dryad
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How to use dryad in a sentence
"It should have opened and imprisoned you, as a truant dryad," said he.
Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee HentzThen in a flash Rhcus remembered his promise to the dryad, and throwing away his dice, he hurried to the trysting-place.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip Bakerdryad spun about and threw her head far on one side to scan the whole bare room.
Once to Every Man | Larry Evans"You can't help not being a dryad," she said, and now she smiled, and her smile transformed her face as sunlight does a landscape.
The Incredible Honeymoon | E. NesbitYou can almost fancy it some dryad decked for her bridal, in maidenly day-dreaming too lovely to last.
The Soul of the Far East | Percival Lowell
British Dictionary definitions for dryad
/ (ˈdraɪəd, -æd) /
Greek myth a nymph or divinity of the woods
Origin of dryad
1Derived forms of dryad
- dryadic (draɪˈædɪk), adjective
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