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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oread has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
oread, n. [L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. 'Oreia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'o`ros mountain: cf. F. oréade.].
One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes. [1913 Webster]
"Like a wood nymph light,
Oread or Dryad." [1913 Webster]
Oread or Dryad." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oread, n. (in Greek and Roman mythology) a mountain nymph.
Etymology
ME f. L oreas -ados f. Gk oreias f. oros mountain
ROGET THESAURUS
oread
Jupiter
N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.
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