undine

American  

[uhn-deen, uhn-deen] / ʌnˈdin, ˈʌn din /

noun

1. any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.

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undine British  

/ ˈʌndiːn /

noun

1. any of various female water spirits

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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

The asrai and the undines had slipped into the icy northern sea to head south for the mouth of the Kell, where they would swim upstream to their cool lakes and rocky rivers.

From Literature

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 Project Gutenberg

In like manner exist the undines in water, sylphs in air, and salamanders in fire.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence it was the constant endeavour of the female spirits to captivate the admiration of men, and of the male gnomes, sylphs, salamanders, and undines to be beloved by a woman.

From Project Gutenberg

Occultists, from Paracelsus to Elephas Levi, divide the nature spirits into gnomes, sylphs, salamanders, undines; or earth, air, fire, and water spirits.

From Project Gutenberg