maenad (English, noun)
expansion: maenad (plural maenads or maenades)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling.
tags: Greek
also
attributive
glosses: An excessively emotional or wild woman.
tags: broadly
derogatory
literary
Forms:
form: maenads
tags: plural
form: maenades
tags: plural
form: mænad
tags: alternative
archaic
form: menad
tags: alternative