hamadryad

Other forms of hamadryad

plural

hamadryads·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hamadryad

What does hamadryad mean?

hamadryad means "the nymph or spirit of a particular tree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hamadryad?

hamadryad has 3 syllables: ha-ma-dryad. The stress falls on "ha".

What is another word for hamadryad?

Close synonyms include king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, Naja hannah. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hamadryad a common word?

hamadryad is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.