menad


menad

(ˈmiːnæd) n (Classical Myth & Legend) a variant spelling of maenad

mae•nad

(ˈmi næd)

n. 1. bacchante. 2. a frenzied or raging woman. [1570–80; < Latin Maenad- (s. of Maenas) < Greek Mainás a bacchante, literally, madwoman] mae•nad′ic, adj. mae′nad•ism, n.