maenad Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
  2. noun (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus

WordNet

Mæ"nad noun (Also<
  • Maenad
  • Mænad
)
Etymology
L. Maenas, -adis, Gr. , , fr. to rave.
Definitions
  1. A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
  2. A frantic or frenzied woman.

Webster 1913