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Nereid

//ˈnɪəɹiɪd// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Nereid. Greek, alt-of
  2. 2
    Alternative form of nereidid. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    Any one of the fifty sea-nymphs who were daughters of the sea-god Nereus and attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish. Greek
  4. 4
    (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus wordnet
  5. 5
    A youthful and pretty bather. figuratively

    "I knew in the back of my mind that the “nereid” wore a bikini intended for photography and that she lived in that bikini all summer."

Etymology

Etymology 1

See Nereid.

Etymology 2

See nereidid.

Etymology 3

From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus + -id.

Etymology 4

From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus + -id.

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