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Maenid vs Maenad - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between maenid and maenad

is that maenid is (zoology) any member of the maenidae while maenad is (greek mythology) a female follower of dionysus, associated with intense reveling.

maenid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Maenidae.

    • maenad

    English

    (wikipedia maenad)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.
  • * 1919 ,
  • *:Blanche Stroeve was in the cruel grip of appetite. Perhaps she hated Strickland still, but she hungered for him, and everything that had made up her life till then became of no account. She ceased to be a woman, complex, kind and petulant, considerate and thoughtless; she was a Maenad . She was desire.
  • An excessively wild or emotional woman.

    • Derived terms

    * maenadic * maenadism

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