MAENAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maenad mean? 

• MAENAD (noun)
  The noun MAENAD has 2 senses:

1. an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

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

  Familiarity information: MAENAD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAENAD (noun)

Sense 1

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))

Sense 2

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)