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maenad

[ mee-nad ]

noun

  1. a frenzied or raging woman.


maenad

/ ˈmiːnæd /

noun

  1. classical myth a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus; bacchante
  2. a frenzied woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • maeˈnadically, adverb
  • maeˈnadic, adjective
  • ˈmaenadism, noun
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Other Words From

  • mae·nadic adjective
  • maenad·ism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maenad1

1570–80; < Latin Maenad- (stem of Maenas ) < Greek Mainás a bacchante, special use of mainás madwoman
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maenad1

C16: from Latin Maenas, from Greek mainas madwoman
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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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