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maenad

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Thanks to the keen foresight of federal highway funding bills, this means you will almost invariably have to break the law in order to protect your kids in the US. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of not having to visit the cop shop or emergency department--or both--because your kid never learned about the potential dangers of satyrs and maenads before running off and joining the bacchanalia.

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Quick take

an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

Meaning at a glance

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noun

an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

noun

(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for maenad.

noun

an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

noun

(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus

Example sentences

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Thanks to the keen foresight of federal highway funding bills, this means you will almost invariably have to break the law in order to protect your kids in the US. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of not having to visit the cop shop or emergency department--or both--because your kid never learned about the potential dangers of satyrs and maenads before running off and joining the bacchanalia.

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How do you use maenad in a sentence?

Thanks to the keen foresight of federal highway funding bills, this means you will almost invariably have to break the law in order to protect your kids in the US. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of not having to visit the cop shop or emergency department--or both--because your kid never learned about the potential dangers of satyrs and maenads before running off and joining the bacchanalia.

What does maenad mean?

an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

What part of speech is maenad?

maenad is commonly used as noun.