oread

American  

[awr-ee-ad, ohr‑] / ˈɔr iˌæd, ˈoʊr‑ /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.

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oread British  

/ ˈɔːrɪˌæd /

noun

1. Greek myth a mountain nymph

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Etymology

Origin of oread

< Latin Orēad- (stem of Orēas ) < Greek Oreiad- (stem of Oreiás ), noun use of oreiás of the mountains, equivalent to órei(os) of the mountains (derivative of óros mountain) + -as feminine patronymic suffix

Example Sentences

Through the water-eye of night, Midway between eve and dawn, See the chase, the rout, the flight In deep forest; oread, faun, Goat-foot, antlers laid on neck; Ravenous all the line for speed.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George

Was she salamander or sylph, naiad or undine, oread or dryad?—But then she had such a head, and they were all rather silly!

From There & Back by MacDonald, George

You are white beneath the plum-blossoms, As an oread beneath the shadow Of flowering branches: immobile, Among things fugitive and frail.

From Eidola by Manning, Frederic

She was a child of the whole world, as the naiad is the child of the river, and the oread of the mountain.

From There & Back by MacDonald, George

Tennyson calls “Maud” an oread, because her hall and garden were on a hill.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham