maenadn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːnad/,

/ˈmʌɪnad/, U.S.

/ˈmiˌnæd/

Inflections: Plural maenads, maenades.

Forms: 1500s– maenad, 1600s– menad, 1600s– moenad. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Maenad-, Maenās.

Etymology: < classical Latin Maenad-, Maenās < ancient Greek Μαιναδ- , Μαινάς < μαίνεσθαι to rage (see mania n.; compare -ad suffix¹). Compare Middle French mainade (1546), Middle French, French ménade (a1553).

A. n.

A Bacchante; gen. a frenzied woman.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient Greek > of Bacchus

frow1567

maenad1579

Bacchanal1594

Bacchant1699

Bacchante1797

Thyiad1846

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 347 Mynstrellis..synge balades & songes.., whiche contene in theym thactes & fayttes of the Menadyens.]

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. 111 Gloss. The Mænades (that is Bacchus franticke priestes).

c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. xcv. 795 Like to y^e Menades y^t ‘Euhœ’ crie.

a1657 G. Daniel Ecloges in Poems (1878) II. 169 The Women..Like yauling Mœnades, their Ioo's send To the full-fraught, lest drinking there should End.

1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty vii, in Prometheus Unbound 212 Like a wolf-cub from a Cadmæan Mænad, She drew the milk of greatness.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xviii. 309 Dances of satyrs and menads.

1882 Athenæum 7 Jan. 22/2 Another [nymph], furious as a mænad, is about to whirl on high the headless body of a kid.

1929 C. Aiken Sel. Poems 129 The maenads dance with flying hair.

1988 M. Warner Lost Father i. 9 Her legs..were rangy enough to leap around the belly of the vase with a maenad's abandon.

B. adj. (attributive).

Characteristic of or resembling a maenad.

ΚΠ

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxiv. 191 Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each mænad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne.

1930 E. Blunden Poems 133 Westward day with a mænad glance Bids the blue-lipped floods farewell.

1981 R. Scruton Fortnight's Anger ii. 44 The maenad hair, the billowing dresses, the hollow eyes, the penitential attitudes, all reminded him of something near to himself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maenad
释义	maenadn.adj. Brit. /ˈmiːnad/, /ˈmʌɪnad/, U.S. /ˈmiˌnæd/ Inflections: Plural maenads, maenades. Forms: 1500s– maenad, 1600s– menad, 1600s– moenad. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Maenad-, Maenās. Etymology: < classical Latin Maenad-, Maenās < ancient Greek Μαιναδ- , Μαινάς < μαίνεσθαι to rage (see mania n.; compare -ad suffix¹). Compare Middle French mainade (1546), Middle French, French ménade (a1553). A. n. A Bacchante; gen. a frenzied woman. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient Greek > of Bacchus frow1567 maenad1579 Bacchanal1594 Bacchant1699 Bacchante1797 Thyiad1846 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 347 Mynstrellis..synge balades & songes.., whiche contene in theym thactes & fayttes of the Menadyens.] 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. 111 Gloss. The Mænades (that is Bacchus franticke priestes). c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. xcv. 795 Like to y^e Menades y^t ‘Euhœ’ crie. a1657 G. Daniel Ecloges in Poems (1878) II. 169 The Women..Like yauling Mœnades, their Ioo's send To the full-fraught, lest drinking there should End. 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty vii, in Prometheus Unbound 212 Like a wolf-cub from a Cadmæan Mænad, She drew the milk of greatness. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xviii. 309 Dances of satyrs and menads. 1882 Athenæum 7 Jan. 22/2 Another [nymph], furious as a mænad, is about to whirl on high the headless body of a kid. 1929 C. Aiken Sel. Poems 129 The maenads dance with flying hair. 1988 M. Warner Lost Father i. 9 Her legs..were rangy enough to leap around the belly of the vase with a maenad's abandon. B. adj. (attributive). Characteristic of or resembling a maenad. ΚΠ 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxiv. 191 Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each mænad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne. 1930 E. Blunden Poems 133 Westward day with a mænad glance Bids the blue-lipped floods farewell. 1981 R. Scruton Fortnight's Anger ii. 44 The maenad hair, the billowing dresses, the hollow eyes, the penitential attitudes, all reminded him of something near to himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1579
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