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Definition: Dryad |
DryadNoun1. A deity or nymph of the woods. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dryad" was first used: 1555. (references) |
Etymology: Dryad \Dry"ad\, noun. [Latin expression dryas, plural dryades, Greek, plural, from oak, tree. See Tree.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: DryadSynonym: wood nymph (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Dryads (or "tree spirits") are nymphs, often associated with Greek mythology and Hinduism, which are said to live near, or in, trees. Dryads are born bonded to a specific tree. If they lived in the tree, they were referred to as hamadryads; otherwise they were simply dryads. If the tree died, the dryad associated with it died as well. For that reason, dryads and the gods punished any mortals who harmed trees.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dryad."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Jupiter | Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dryad |
| English words defined with "dryad": Tree nymph ♦ Wood nymph. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dryad": Dryads. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dryad": Dryas. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dryad" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (dryad). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | If she had ceased to be a dryad in a wood, it was to become the Armida of an enchanted garden. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Dryad" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.75% of the time. "Dryad" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.75% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "dryad": hama-dryad, he-dryad. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dryad | 44 |
design dryad | 6 |
dryad picture | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dryad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | driadë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | горска нимфа (wood nymph), дриада (hamadryad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vodní nymfa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dryade. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dryade. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νύμφη των δασών, δρυάσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | erdei nimfa (wood nymph). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | driade. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keyllagh (wood nymph). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yaddray dríade. (various references) driadã (wood nymph). (various references) дриада (wood nymph, wood-nymph). (various references) šumska vila (elf). (various references) dríada. (various references) dryad, skogsnymf (wood nymph). (various references) นางไม้. (various references) orman perisi (nymph, wood nymph). (various references) дріада. (various references) nữ thần rừng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | dryas. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dryad": dryades, dryadic, dryads. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dryad": hamadryad. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dryad": hamadryades, hamadryads. (additional references) | |
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"Dryad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Derryadd, Deylaud, Diyab, draad, Drady, dria, drid, driod, droad, druad, druyed, drya, Dryas, dryde, drye, dryed, dryet, Dryham, d'ya, dyade, dyrad, Dzyan, tryad. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-r-y" | |
-1 letter: dray, dyad, yard. | |
-2 letters: add, dad, day, dry, rad, ray, rya, yar. | |
-3 letters: ad, ar, ay, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-r-y" | |
+1 letter: drayed, dryads, yarded. | |
+2 letters: dramedy, dryades, dryadic, dryland. | |
+3 letters: additory, bladdery, daydream, deeryard, defrayed, dockyard, dooryard, dotardly, hydracid, hydrated, ladybird, saddlery, yardbird, yardland, yardwand. | |
+4 letters: anhydride, bodyguard, dairymaid, dandruffy, dastardly, daydreams, daydreamt, daytrader, deeryards, dehydrate, dockyards, dooryards, dromedary, dryasdust, grandaddy, guardedly, hamadryad, hydracids, hydrazide, ladybirds, pyramided, readymade, yardbirds, yardlands, yardwands. | |
+5 letters: anhydrides, bodyguards, dairymaids, daydreamed, daydreamer, daytraders, dedicatory, degradedly, dehydrated, dehydrates, dehydrator, depravedly, disarrayed, doomsdayer, downwardly, dreadfully, dryasdusts, granddaddy, hamadryads, hydrazides, keyboarded, readymades, redundancy, rehydrated, standardly. | |
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