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6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
noun (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
originFrom 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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0