Definitions
half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
Word origin
From Middle English mermayde (“maid of the sea”), from mere (“sea, lake”) + maid, equivalent to mer- + maid. Cognate with Dutch meermeid (“mermaid”), Middle High German mermaget, mermeit (“mermaid”, > German Meermagd, Meermädchen (“mermaid”)). Compare Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”).
Used in a sentence
“Search the depth, & ſee that variety of Sea monſters & fiſhes, Mare-maids, Sea men, Horſes, &c. which it affords.”
“People that are drowned, and whose bodies are not founds are believed to have been taken into the dwellings of the Mermaids.”
“a mermaid smoothie”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Half-fish folklore figure”7 letters
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