Oread

//ˈɔːɹi.æd// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain. Greek

    "The imprisoned ringlets are emancipated; 'fresh as the oread from the forest fountain,' you descend—you breathe the incense of the chocolate—not more I hope—and grow conversational and confidential over the green tea, which, with a fragrance beyond all the violets of April, rises to your lip, 'giving and taking odours.'"

  2. 2
    (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs wordnet

Etymology

From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

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