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menad

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me⋅nad

  [mee-nad]
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–noun
maenad.

bac⋅chan⋅te

  [buh-kan-tee, -kahn-, buh-kant, -kahnt]
–noun
a female bacchant.
Also called maenad, menad, Thyiad.

Origin:
1790–1800; back formation from L bacchantēs, fem. pl. of bacchāns bacchant; pron. with silent -e < F bacchante, fem. of bacchant bacchant
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