MAENAD - Definition

Pronunciation:		'meenad
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus [n] an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

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	See Also:	adult female, woman

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.