maenadic

English

Etymology

From maenad +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /miːˈnadɪk/, /mʌɪˈnadɪk/

Adjective

maenadic (comparative more maenadic, superlative most maenadic)

1. Of, or pertaining to a maenad; frenzied. [from 19th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     Dionysus, with his Maenadic night-rites, is the body as internal womb-space, tunneled for eating and procreating.

Derived terms

• maenadically

Anagrams

• cadamine, camaenid