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nounlimniad (plural limniads or limniades)
plural limniads · plural limniades
- alternativeAlternative form of limoniad.
Under the various appellations of Oreades, Dryades, Naiades, Limniades, Nereides, they dwelt in mountains, trees, springs, lakes, the sea, where, in caverns and grottos, they passed a life whose occupations resembled those of females of human race.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth
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limniad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limniad
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“limniad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limniad. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limniad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limniad.
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