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Naiad

noun

(pl. naiades, naiad)

Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water. Synonym: water nymph.

(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains.

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"Naiad" Quotes from Famous Books

... wooings, gentle June? Thou hast a Naiad's charm; Thy breezes scent the rose's breath; Old Time gives thee her palm. [5] The lark's shrill song doth wake the dawn; The eve-bird's forest flute Gives back some maiden melody, Too pure ...

— Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 • Mary Baker Eddy

... likely that my search will ever be renewed, and for me the Galaesus—"dulce Galaesi flumen"—is the stream I found and tracked, whose waters I heard mingle with the Little Sea. The memory has no sense of disappointment. Those reeds which rustle about the hidden source seem to me fit shelter of a Naiad; I am glad I could not see the water bubbling in its spring, for there remains a mystery. Whilst I live, the Galaesus purls and glistens in the light of that golden afternoon, and there beyond, across the blue still depths, glimmers a vision ...

— By the Ionian Sea - Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy • George Gissing

... inquisitive dame, a pair of dark blue eyes—they belonged to the daughter of the speaker, and any one who has such a daughter cannot be silly! The mother was like a fountain of questions, and the daughter, who listened, but never spoke, might pass for the beautiful Naiad of the fountain. How charming she was! She was a study for the sculptor to contemplate, but not to converse with; and, indeed, she did not speak, or ...

— What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales • Hans Christian Andersen

Words linked to "Naiad" : Naias, genus Naias, Greek mythology, genus Najas, aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophytic plant, Najas, hydrophyte, water nymph