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Definition of: maenad
(mē′nad) noun
1. A female votary or priestess of Dionysius; a bacchante.
2. Any woman beside herself with frenzy or excitement. Also spelled menad. [<L Maenas, -adis <Gk. mainas frenzied <mainesthai rave]
—mae·nad′ic adjective
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