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undine

[ uhn-deen, uhn-deen ]

noun

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


undine

/ ˈʌndiːn /

noun

  1. any of various female water spirits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of undine1

From New Latin undīna (1658; coined by Paracelsus), equivalent to Latin und(a) “wave, water” + -īna -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of undine1

C17: from New Latin undina, from Latin unda a wave
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Synonym Study

See sylph.
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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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