maenad

Meaning of maenad

noun

(in ancient Greece) a female follower of Bacchus, traditionally associated with divine possession and frenzied rites.

late 16th century: via Latin from Greek Mainas, Mainad-, from mainesthai ‘to rave’.

Information about maenad

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of maenad is: maenads.
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Hyphenation of maenad

mae-nad

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • maenad is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of maenad

amande, anadem

Words that rhyme with maenad

henad, thenad, lenad, menad

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