Word Meanings - DRYAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
Related words: (words related to DRYAD)
- WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever. - BOUNDLESS
Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. - NYMPHOLEPSY
A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron. - NYMPHOMANIA
Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease. - NYMPHALES
An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies. - NYMPHAL
Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean. - NYMPHLIKE; NYMPHLY
Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph. - BOUNDING
Moving with a bound or bounds. The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery. - NYMPHOTOMY
Excision of the nymphæ. - NYMPHIC; NYMPHICAL
Of or pertaining to nymphs. - WHOSE
The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden. - NYMPHIPAROUS
Producing pupas or nymphs. - NYMPHISH
Relating to nymphs; ladylike. "Nymphish war." Drayton. - BOUNDEN
1. Bound; fastened by bonds. 2. Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden. This holy word, that teacheth us truly our bounden duty toward our Lord God in every point. Ridley. 3. Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding. - NYMPHOMANY
See NYMPHOMANIA - NYMPH
A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas Milton. 2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins - BOUND
1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. 4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, - NYMPHAEA
A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus. Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia, and the - BOUNDARY
That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit. But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies. N. Cotton. That bright and tranquil - NYMPHET
A little or young nymph. "The nymphets sporting there." Drayton. - HOME-BOUND
Kept at home. - OUTBOUND
Outward bound. Dryden. - UNBOUND
imp. & p. p. of Unbind. - UNBOUNDED
Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition. Addison. -- Un*bound"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*bound"ed*ness, n. - SURREBOUND
To give back echoes; to reëcho. Chapman. - REBOUND
1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. - PARANYMPHAL
Bridal; nuptial. At some paranymphal feast. Ford. - OUTBOUNDS
The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries. Spenser. - WINDBOUND
prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound. - SNOW-BOUND
Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. Whittier. - ABOUND
1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. 2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed