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maenad
[ mee-nad ]
/ ˈmi næd /
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noun
a frenzied or raging woman.
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Origin of maenad
1570–80; <Latin Maenad- (stem of Maenas) <Greek Mainás a bacchante, special use of mainás madwoman
OTHER WORDS FROM maenad
mae·nad·ic, adjectivemae·nad·ism, nounWords nearby maenad
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British Dictionary definitions for maenad
maenad
menad
/ (ˈmiːnæd) /
noun
classical myth a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus; bacchante
a frenzied woman
Derived forms of maenad
maenadic, adjectivemaenadically, adverbmaenadism, nounWord Origin for maenad
C16: from Latin Maenas, from Greek mainas madwoman
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