Definitions for maenadˈmi næd
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mae•nadˈmi næd(n.)
Category: Mythology
Ref: bacchante.
a frenzied or raging woman.
Origin of maenad:
1570–80; < L Maenad- (s. of Maenas) < Gk Mainás a bacchante, lit., madwoman
mae′nad•ism(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
maenad(noun)
an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
maenad(noun)
(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
Wiktionary
maenad(Noun)
A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.
maenad(Noun)
An excessively wild or emotional woman.
Webster Dictionary
Maenad(noun)
a Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus
Maenad(noun)
a frantic or frenzied woman
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