Maenad (noun)
mee-nad
(in ancient Greece) a female follower of Bacchus, traditionally associated with divine possession and frenzied rites.
Late 16th century via Latin from Greek Mainas, Mainad-, from mainesthai ‘to rave’.
Example sentences
“The maenads were intoxicated with dance and movement.”
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