"maenad" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmiː.næd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-maenad.wav [Southern-England] Forms: maenads [plural], maenades [plural]
Etymology: From Latin maenas (“bacchant”), from Ancient Greek μαινάς (mainás, “raving, frantic”), from Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, “be furious”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|maenas||bacchant}} Latin maenas (“bacchant”), {{uder|en|grc|μαινάς||raving, frantic}} Ancient Greek μαινάς (mainás, “raving, frantic”), {{uder|en|grc|μαίνομαι||be furious}} Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, “be furious”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|maenades}} maenad (plural maenads or maenades)
  1. (Greek mythology) A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Female people Translations (follower of Dionysus): μαινάς (mainás) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), mènada [feminine] (Catalan), maenade (Dutch), menado (Esperanto), menaad (Estonian), ménade [feminine] (French), мена́да (menáda) [feminine] (Macedonian), menada (Polish), мена́да (menáda) [feminine] (Russian), ménade [feminine] (Spanish), menad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-maenad-en-noun-rZwzNpcj Disambiguation of Female people: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 85 15 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'follower of Dionysus': 99 1
  2. An excessively wild or emotional woman.
    Sense id: en-maenad-en-noun-ZO-yEM-i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maenadic, maenadism

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