maenad

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmiːnæd/|/ˈmaɪ-/    美 /ˈmiˌnæd/|/ˈmaɪ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling. Greek,also,attributive
    — VVild yuie) for it is dedicated to Bacchus & therefore it is ſayd that the Mænades (that is Bacchus franticke prieſtes) vſed in theyr ſacrifice to carry Thyrſos, vvhich vvere pointed ſtaues or Iauelins, vvrapped about vvith yuie.
  2. An excessively emotional or wild woman. broadly,derogatory,literary
    — Blanche Stroeve was in the cruel grip of appetite. Perhaps she hated Strickland still, but she hungered for him, and everything that had made up her life till then became of no account. She ceased to be a woman, complex, kind and petulant, considerate and thoughtless; she was a Maenad. She was desire.

词形变化

maenads plural maenades plural mænad alternative,archaic menad alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
maenadic maenadism
相关词
Bacchanalia Bacchanalian Bacchus Dionysian

词源

From 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”).
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