maenad
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noun
- A female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling.
- An excessively emotional or wild woman.
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From Latin Maenad- (“frenzied female follower of Bacchus”), root of Maenās, from Ancient Greek μαινάς (mainás, “raving, frantic”), from μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to be mad, to rage”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to mind; to think; spiritual activity”).
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