maenad

2 definitions found

maenad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

maenad - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  maenad
      n 1: an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
      2: (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites
         of Dionysus