sb. and a. [as sb. ad. Gr. Βορεάδης, Βορηιάδης, patronymic f. βορεάς BOREAS; as adj. perh. suggested by Gr. βορεάς, -άδος, fem. adj., of the north wind.]
A. sb. A son of Boreas. B. adj. Relating to northern regions.
1854. Keightley, Mythol. Anc. Greece & It. (ed. 3), 418. The Boreiads there turned back.
1882. C. Elton, Orig. Eng. Hist., 5. Later poets … incorporated the Boread legends with travellers’ descriptions … of a solar worship.
