naiad
noun
any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
naiads
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pluralof naiad.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To my relief, the directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, working with the screenwriter Julia Cox, trace Diana’s mythic roots not just to the naiads, but to zealots like Captain Ahab.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
In “Alas, the Nymphs… ,” the latest installment in the “Men Go Down” trilogy by John Jahnke and his company, Hotel Savant, the naiads are in modern-day Turkey, re-enacting a vengeful memory from ancient Greece.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2015
Misty islands float in a magic wide-screen sea, naiads romp along the water's edge, enchantresses lurk in sacred groves, galleys roll and toss on angry waves conjured up by Poseidon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now in the Mayday twilight O'er the bright skies pearl-coloured clouds float through the emerald space, While on the shore the wavelets Lightly take hands, rise and subside, dance like enamoured naiads.
From Time Magazine Archive
To have naiads drown her, or to fall victim to a spell protecting a forbidden island?
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
