næd Origin:
1570–80; < Latin Maenad- (stem of Maenas) < Greek Mainás a bacchante, special use of mainás madwoman
1570–80; < Latin Maenad- (stem of Maenas) < Greek Mainás a bacchante, special use of mainás madwoman
Related forms
mae·nad·ic, adjective
mae·nad·ism, noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | classical myth a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus; bacchante |
| 2. | a frenzied woman |
| [C16: from Latin Maenas, from Greek mainas madwoman] | |
| menad or menad | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Latin Maenas, from Greek mainas madwoman] | |
| mae'nadic or menad | |
| —adj | |
| mae'nadically or menad | |
| —adv | |
| 'maenadism or menad | |
| —n | |
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Maenad
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Word Origin & History
maenad
1579, from Gk. mainas (gen. mainados) "priestess of Bacchus," lit. "madwoman," from stem of mainesthai "to rage, go mad" (see mania).
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