'Maenad' definitions:
Definition of 'maenad'
From: WordNet
noun
An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
noun
(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
Definition of 'Maenad'
From: GCIDE
- Maenad \Mae"nad\, n. [L. Maenas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to rave.]
- 1. A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A frantic or frenzied woman. [1913 Webster]