Definition of "maenad" []

• Greek Mythology A woman member of the orgiastic cult of Dionysus. (noun)
• A frenzied woman. (noun)

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• "In the second book of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series “Living Dead In Dallas”, a creature called a maenad is introduced."
• "I know talking about vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, etc. as "reality" is stretching things juuust a bit, but a maenad was a little too much to chew on."
• "If it's not witches (a la "True Blood's" detour last summer into the "maenad" orgy-mama storyline; boy, did she get tiresome), then it's werewolves."