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dryad|ˈdraɪæd|
Also 6–7 driade. Pl. dryads: also in L. form dryades |ˈdraɪədiːz|.
[ad. L. Dryas, pl. Dryad-es = G. Δρυάς, pl. Δρυάδες wood-nymphs, f. δρῦς, δρυ-ός tree.]
1. In Gr. and Lat. Mythol. A nymph supposed to inhabit trees; a wood-nymph.
1555Eden Decades 23 They supposed that they had seene those most beawtyfull Dryades. 1575Laneham Let. (1871) 14 The Fawnz, the Satyres, the Nymphs, the Dryardes, and the Hamadryades. 1598Marston Fygmal., etc. Sat. iv. 155 Summon the Nymphs and Driades to bring Some rare inuention, whilst thou doost sing. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 387 Like a Wood-nymph light, Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's Traine. 1708Prior Turtle & Sparrow 35 The dryads all forsook the wood. 1798Coleridge Picture, Ye Oreads chaste, ye dusky Dryades. 1859Thackeray Virgin. ii. (1878) 17 Marble fauns and dryads were cooling themselves.
2. transf.
a. A maiden of the woods; a sylvan beauty.
b. A forest-tree, a denizen of the woods.
1639S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 30 This young Gentleman..inflamed with the love of this Driade. 1823Byron Island ii. xi, The palm, the loftiest dryad of the woods.
3. attrib. and Comb.
a1790Warton Bathing Sonn. ii. (R.), Young Health, a Dryad-maid in vesture green..On airy uplands met the piercing gale.
Hence dryˈadic a., of, pertaining to, or resembling a dryad.
1891C. E. Craddock In Str. Countr. iv, Soft dryadic murmurs. Ibid. xii, A flitting dryadic shape. |