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MAENAD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("maenad" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("maenad" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

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