maenad /ˈmēnad, ˈminæd 
/ ▸ noun (in ancient Greece) a female follower of Bacchus, traditionally associated with divine possession and frenzied rites.
– DERIVATIVES maenadic /mēˈnadik/ adjective – ORIGIN late 16th century : via Latin from Greek Mainas, Mainad-, from mainesthai ‘to rave’.
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