undine
Americannoun
noun
Related Words
See sylph.
Etymology
Origin of undine
From New Latin undīna (1658; coined by Paracelsus), equivalent to Latin und(a) “wave, water” + -īna -ine 1
Example Sentences
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These barbarians, using other words for them, had letter-notion of gnome, sylph, undine and salamander.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
It sounded like the snuffling progress of an undine across the roof!
From The Sky Is Falling by Del Rey, Lester
In mid-stream the undine sank beneath the waves: the spell was broken, the waters subsided, and the captain and his men were free to return home.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
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
Undine, un-dēn′, n. a spirit of the waters, a water-nymph, without a soul—they marry readily with men, and an undine herself receives a soul on bearing a child.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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