maenad /ˈmiːnæd/ noun2 •[before a noun] A female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling.The secrets of the good goddess are knovvn, vvhen the pipe the loins / Incites; and also vvith the horn, and vvith vvine, the Maenads of Priapus / Are driven, astonished, and toss their hair and hovvl. — 1789 •(literary) An excessively emotional or wild woman. formsmaenades · maenads