mountain-nymph

noun

A nymph residing in the mountains; an oread.

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Meanings

nounmountain-nymph (plural mountain-nymphs)

plural mountain-nymphs · alternative mountain nymph

  1. Greekhuman sciencesA nymph residing in the mountains; an oread.

    These are represented as mountain-nymphs, young and beautiful, clad in white, with long flying hair.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 318

Origin

From mountain + nymph.

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