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dry⋅ad

  [drahy-uhd, -ad]
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–noun, plural -ads, -a⋅des  [-uh-deez] . (often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology.
a deity or nymph of the woods.
Compare hamadryad.

Origin:
1545–55; extracted from Gk Dryádes, pl. of Dryás, deriv. of drŷ(s) tree, oak

Related forms:
dry⋅ad⋅ic  [drahy-ad-ik] , adjective
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dry·ad   (drī'əd, -ād')   
n.   Greek Mythology
A divinity presiding over forests and trees; a wood nymph.

[Middle English Driad, from Latin Dryas, Dryad-, from Greek Druas, from drūs, tree; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
dry·ad'ic (-ād'ĭk) adj.
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Word Origin & History

dryad 
1555, from L. dryas, from Gk. dryas "wood nymph," from drus "oak," from I.E. derew(o)- "tree, wood."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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