Associations to the word «Maenad»

Wiktionary

MAENAD, noun. (Greek mythology) A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.
MAENAD, noun. An excessively wild or emotional woman.

Dictionary definition

MAENAD, noun. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
MAENAD, noun. (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats