| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| maenad |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mae·nad |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m  n d |
| NOUN: | 1. Greek Mythology A woman member of the orgiastic cult of Dionysus. 2. A frenzied woman. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin Maenas, Maenad-, from Greek mainas, raving, madwoman, Maenad, from mainesthai, to be mad. See men-1 in Appendix I.
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