Meaning of MAENAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'meenad
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- [n] (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
- [n] an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
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MAENAD is a 6 letter word that starts with M. |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \M[ae]"nad\, n. [L. Maenas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to
rave.]
1. A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
2. A frantic or frenzied woman.
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