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dryad
[ drahy-uhd, -ad ]
noun
- a deity or nymph of the woods.
dryad
/ ˈdraɪəd; -æd; draɪˈædɪk /
noun
- Greek myth a nymph or divinity of the woods
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Derived Forms
- dryadic, adjective
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Other Words From
- dry·ad·ic [drahy-, ad, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dryad1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dryad1
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Example Sentences
"It should have opened and imprisoned you, as a truant dryad," said he.
Then in a flash Rhcus remembered his promise to the Dryad, and throwing away his dice, he hurried to the trysting-place.
Dryad spun about and threw her head far on one side to scan the whole bare room.
"You can't help not being a dryad," she said, and now she smiled, and her smile transformed her face as sunlight does a landscape.
You can almost fancy it some dryad decked for her bridal, in maidenly day-dreaming too lovely to last.
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