naiad

John ululated with such cacophony when he descried the seemingly balky naiad (possibly from chafing); the frisson and his certitude made him reave the nymph and take it back to his hut for olios and to fabulate.

• ululate: To howl, wail, or lament loudly.
• cacophony: 1. Jarring, discordant sound; dissonance: heard a cacophony of horns during the traffic jam. 2. The use of harsh or discordant sounds in literary composition, as for poetic effect.
• balky: 1. Given to stopping and refusing to go on: a balky horse; a balky client. 2. Difficult to operate or start: a balky switch; a balky engine.
• naiad: 1. Greek Mythology One of the nymphs who lived in and presided over brooks, springs, and fountains. 2. Naiad The satellite of Neptune that is closest to the planet. 3. The aquatic nymph of certain insects, such as the mayfly, damselfly, or dragonfly. 4. An aquatic plant of the genus Naias.
• chafe: tr. v. 1. To wear away or irritate by rubbing. 2. To annoy; vex. 3. To warm by rubbing, as with the hands. |intr. v. 1. To rub and cause irritation or friction: The high collar chafed against my neck. 2. To become worn or sore from rubbing. 3. To feel irritated or impatient: chafed at the delay. |n. 1. Warmth, wear, or soreness produced by friction. 2. Annoyance; vexation.
• frisson: A moment of intense excitement; a shudder: The story's ending arouses a frisson of terror.
• certitude: 1. The state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence. 2. Sureness of occurrence or result; inevitability. 3. Something that is assured or unfailing: “eager to swap the hazards of American freedom for the gray certitudes of Soviet life” (Time). See synonyms at certainty.
• reave:
  
  1. To seize and carry off forcibly. 2. To deprive (one) of something; bereave.
• olio: 1. A heavily spiced stew of meat, vegetables, and chickpeas. 2a. A mixture or medley; a hodgepodge. b. A collection of various artistic or literary works or musical pieces; a miscellany. 3. Vaudeville or musical entertainment presented between the acts of a burlesque or minstrel show.
• fabulate: To engage in the composition of fables or stories, especially those in which the element of fantasy comes into heavy play: “a land which . . . had given itself up to dreaming, to fabulating, to tale-telling” (Lawrence Durrell).