maenadic
English
Etymology
From maenad + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /miːˈnadɪk/, /mʌɪˈnadɪk/
Adjective
maenadic (comparative more maenadic, superlative most maenadic)
- 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.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
Derived terms
- maenadically
Anagrams
- cadamine, camaenid