dryadn.

Brit.

/ˈdrʌɪad/,

/ˈdrʌɪəd/, U.S.

/ˈdraɪəd/,

/ˈdraɪˌæd/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s driade. Plural dryads: also in Latin form dryades /ˈdraɪədiːz/.

Etymology: < Latin Dryas, plural Dryades = Greek Δρυάς, plural Δρυάδες wood-nymphs, < δρῦς, δρυός tree.

1. In Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology. A nymph supposed to inhabit trees; a wood-nymph.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad

hamadryad1390

Napaea?1553

dryad1555

sylvan1565

wood-nymph1577

sylvester1657

Napaean1753

Napaead1818

tree-nymph1831

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 23^v They supposed that they had seene those most beawtyfull Dryades.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 18 The Fawnz, the Satyres, the Nymphs, the Dryades [printed Dryardes], and the Hamadriades.

1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 66 Sommon the Nymphs and Driades to bring Some rare inuention, whilst thou doost sing.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 387 Like a Wood-Nymph light Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's Traine.

a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 35 The dryads all forsook the wood.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Picture Ye Oreads chaste, ye dusky Dryades.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1878) ii. 17 Marble fauns and dryads were cooling themselves.

2. transferred.

a. A maiden of the woods; a sylvan beauty.

ΚΠ

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 30 This young Gentleman..inflamed with the love of this Driade.

b. A forest-tree, a denizen of the woods.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habitat > [noun] > forest tree

sylvan1632

forester1691

forest-tree1712

dryad1823

1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xi. 31 The palm, the loftiest Dryad of the woods.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

a1790 Warton Bathing Sonn. ii. (R.) Young Health, a Dryad-maid in vesture green..On airy uplands met the piercing gale.

Derivatives

dryˈadic adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling a dryad.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of or relating to nymph(s) > relating to dryad

Napaean1598

dryadic1891

1891 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In ‘Stranger People's’ Country iv Soft dryadic murmurs.

1891 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In ‘Stranger People's’ Country xii A flitting dryadic shape.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dryad
释义	dryadn. Brit. /ˈdrʌɪad/, /ˈdrʌɪəd/, U.S. /ˈdraɪəd/, /ˈdraɪˌæd/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s driade. Plural dryads: also in Latin form dryades /ˈdraɪədiːz/. Etymology: < Latin Dryas, plural Dryades = Greek Δρυάς, plural Δρυάδες wood-nymphs, < δρῦς, δρυός tree. 1. In Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology. A nymph supposed to inhabit trees; a wood-nymph. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad hamadryad1390 Napaea?1553 dryad1555 sylvan1565 wood-nymph1577 sylvester1657 Napaean1753 Napaead1818 tree-nymph1831 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 23^v They supposed that they had seene those most beawtyfull Dryades. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 18 The Fawnz, the Satyres, the Nymphs, the Dryades [printed Dryardes], and the Hamadriades. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 66 Sommon the Nymphs and Driades to bring Some rare inuention, whilst thou doost sing. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 387 Like a Wood-Nymph light Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's Traine. View more context for this quotation a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 35 The dryads all forsook the wood. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Picture Ye Oreads chaste, ye dusky Dryades. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1878) ii. 17 Marble fauns and dryads were cooling themselves. 2. transferred. a. A maiden of the woods; a sylvan beauty. ΚΠ 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 30 This young Gentleman..inflamed with the love of this Driade. b. A forest-tree, a denizen of the woods. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habitat > [noun] > forest tree sylvan1632 forester1691 forest-tree1712 dryad1823 1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xi. 31 The palm, the loftiest Dryad of the woods. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ a1790 Warton Bathing Sonn. ii. (R.) Young Health, a Dryad-maid in vesture green..On airy uplands met the piercing gale. Derivatives dryˈadic adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling a dryad. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of or relating to nymph(s) > relating to dryad Napaean1598 dryadic1891 1891 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In ‘Stranger People's’ Country iv Soft dryadic murmurs. 1891 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In ‘Stranger People's’ Country xii A flitting dryadic shape. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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