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

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

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

April now in morning clad Like a gleaming oread, With the south wind in her voice, Comes to bid the world rejoice.

From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss

Thus attended, hither wending,  Floats the lovely oread now, Eden's arch of promise bending  Over her translucent brow.

From Poems by Morris, George Pope

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