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 Definitions of maenad  [ˈmi næd]  

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Definition of 'maenad' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) maenad
a frenzied or raging woman.

Etymology:  (1570–80; < L Maenad- (s. of Maenas) < Gk Mainás a bacchante, lit., madwoman)

Definition of 'maenad' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) maenad
an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

2. (noun) maenad
(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus


Definition of 'maenad' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) maenad
a Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus

2. (noun) maenad
a frantic or frenzied woman



'maenad' - Nearby Entries  

madwort  mae west  maeandra  maelstrom  maenad  maestro  maeterlinck  



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