Definitions for maenadˈmi næd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mae•nadˈmi næd(n.)

  1. Category: Mythology

    Ref: bacchante.

  2. 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

  1. maenad(noun)

    an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

  2. maenad(noun)

    (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus

Wiktionary

  1. maenad(Noun)

    A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.

  2. maenad(Noun)

    An excessively wild or emotional woman.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Maenad(noun)

    a Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus

  2. Maenad(noun)

    a frantic or frenzied woman


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