dryad

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a deity or nymph of the woods

Etymology

From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).

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Synonyms

wood nymph

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