1894 Brewer’s / O / Oread (plural, Orĕads [3 syl.] or Oreădes [4 syl.])
Nymphs of the mountains. (Greek, oρoζ, a mountain.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.