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ephydriad

UK/ɛˈfɪdɹɪad/

ephydriad noun: a dryad, a water nymph.

Noun

ephydriad (plural ephydriads)

  1. (rare) A dryad, a water nymph.
    • 'Tis there the Ephydriads haunt;—there, where a gap / Betwixt a heap of tree-tops, hollow and dun, / Shews where the waters run, / And whence the fountain's tongue begins to lap.1832, Leigh Hunt, The Ephydriads
    • in the golden dusty summer [we] tramped down into the verdant valley, even then a haunt of every leafy spirit and the blue-eyed ephydriads, now Nature's slimy wound with spikes of blackened bone […].1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 107

Forms of ephydriad

pluralephydriads

Origin of ephydriad

From Ancient Greek ἐφυδριάς (ephudriás), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

Questions about ephydriad

What does ephydriad mean?
Ephydriad means a dryad, a water nymph.
What part of speech is ephydriad?
Ephydriad is a noun.
How do you pronounce ephydriad?
Ephydriad is pronounced /ɛˈfɪdɹɪad/ (UK).
What is the plural of ephydriad?
The plural of ephydriad is ephydriads.

Words near ephydriad in the dictionary

  1. ephrins
  2. Ephs
  3. Ephthalite
  4. Ephthalites
  5. ephus
  6. ephydriad
  7. ephydriads
  8. ephydrid
  9. ephydrids
  10. ephyra
  11. ephyrae

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