dryad
pronunciation
How to pronounce dryad in British English:
UK [ˈdraɪæd]
How to pronounce dryad in American English:
US ['draɪæd]
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- Noun:
- a deity or nymph of the woods
Word Origin
- dryad
- dryad: see tree
- dryad (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin dryas, from Greek dryas (plural dryades) "wood nymph," from drus (genitive dryos) "oak," from PIE *deru- "tree, wood, oak" (see tree (n.)).
Example
- 1. I 'm not the dryad you 're looking for .
- 2. Perceive that she was a dryad .
- 3. I kneel beside the bed where my bleeding dryad lies .
- 4. Dryad attack and armor increase from upgrades .
- 5. She is a dryad , a creature of the forest .