Maenad \Mae"nad\, n. [L. Maenas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to
   rave.]
   1. A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
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   2. A frantic or frenzied woman.
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	maenad
    n 1: an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
    2: (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites
       of Dionysus