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maenad
[ mee-nad ]
maenad
/ ˈmiːnæd /
noun
- classical myth a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus; bacchante
- a frenzied woman
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Derived Forms
- maeˈnadic, adjective
- maeˈnadically, adverb
- ˈmaenadism, noun
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Other Words From
- mae·nadic adjective
- maenad·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of maenad1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of maenad1
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Example Sentences
She flings her arms and tresses of Fire to the stars, a maenad in the planetary dance.
There stood the Maenad on her revolving stand, and there was the raised platform for the model.
Yet with very few changes the portrait might stand for the modern society Maenad.
She felt the gravity of his tone but, like a fierce Maenad, she snatched at the torch, not caring how it revealed her.
He followed: but the intense passion of the old hag hurled her onward with the strength and speed of a young Maenad.
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