OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 50767

maenad

/ˈmiːnæd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ménade
A female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling.
Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each mænad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne.
I, a most enamoured maiden / Whose weak brain is overladen / With the pleasure of her love, / Maniac-like around thee move / Gazing, an insatiate bride, / On thy form from every si…