oréade
Definition
Examples
Sentences with the word oréade
Ses dehors sont séduisants et il sait, quand il lui plaît, se changer en nymphe oréade.Anatole France (1844-1924)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of OREADE subst. fem.
Nom que les Payens donnoient aux Nymphes des montagnes, auxquelles ils attribuoient une espece de Divinité.
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