maenad

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At one point in the middle of the road a maenad was flinging her arms about and shrieking as if she were just escaped from a madhouse.

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  1. noun Greek Mythology A woman member of the orgiastic cult of Dionysus.
  2. noun A frenzied woman.

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  • "I just don't like to I'm like a maenad, a wild woman?" —  Dragon on a Pedestal
  • Then she had to laugh, knowing she was reacting exactly like a maenad. —  Dragon on a Pedestal
  • She knew she didn't look much like a maenad, one of the killer wild women of Mount Parnassus who ripped men apart and drink their blood, but this was the best she could do, on short notice. —  Swell Foop
  • Once it's mid-day and your Dionysiac urges are momentarily sated, dear maenad, please pause to think about what you are asking. —  AdSense for Feeds
  • As other's mentioned the beast is supposed to be a maenad but it's very different in the books. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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  1. Latin Maenas, Maenad-, from Greek mainas, raving, madwoman, Maenad, from mainesthai, to be mad; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.
 

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