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Synonyms for mermaid

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mur-meyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜrˌmeɪd

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Définition of mermaid

Origin :
  • mid-14c., mermayde, literally "maid of the sea," from Middle English mere "sea, lake" (see mere (n.)) + maid. Old English had equivalent merewif "water-witch" (see wife), meremenn "mermaid, siren." Tail-less in northern Europe; the fishy form is a medieval influence from classical sirens. A favorite sign of taverns and inns since at least early 15c. (in reference to the inn on Bread Street, Cheapside, London). Mermaid pie (1660s) was "a sucking pig baked whole in a crust."
  • As in nymph : noun female nature spirit
  • As in water nymph : noun water spirit
  • As in temptress : noun vamp
  • As in fairy : noun supernatural being
Example sentences :
  • It is quite fitting that the scene should be set in the "Mermaid."
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • Urquhart called her Undine, and she was mostly known as the Mermaid.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • However that may be, certain it is that this is a red-letter night at the Mermaid.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare's Christmas Gift to Queen Bess » by Anna Benneson McMahan
  • For Jim was not incapable of casting stones at even so rare a curiosity as a mermaid.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • "Yet it would be classical to dote upon a mermaid," Caius murmured.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • It wasn't becoming to play a mermaid, but I didn't think of that then.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • "I was thinking you must have lost your wits, and thought you'd seen a mermaid," he chuckled.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • Caius walked by its side sometimes, but there was no mermaid there.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • I want to tell you that I respected you as I respect my mother, even when you were only a mermaid.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • Mermaid (but when we got inside she was dead), a penny, one and tenpence.
  • Extract from : « Jackanapes » by Juliana Horatio Ewing
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