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oreads

oreads is the plural of oread.

Meaning of oread

Noun

oread (plural oreads or oreades)

  1. (Greek) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
    • Under the various appellations of Oreades, Dryades, Naiades, Limniades, Nereides, they dwelt in mountains, trees, springs, lakes, the sea, where, in caverns and grottos, they passed a life whose occupations resembled those of females of human race.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth

Questions about oreads

What is oreads the plural of?
Oreads is the plural of oread.

Words near oreads in the dictionary

  1. ore-bulk-oil carrier
  2. ore-bulk-oil carriers
  3. Ore.
  4. oread
  5. oreades
  6. oreads
  7. oreal
  8. oreasterid
  9. oreasterids
  10. oreasteroside
  11. Orebaugh

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