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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

maenadic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /miːˈnadɪk/ (UK)
  • /mʌɪˈnadɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English maenad Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English maenadic From maenad + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Of, or pertaining to a maenad; frenzied.
    • Dionysus, with his Maenadic night-rites, is the body as internal womb-space, tunneled for eating and procreating. 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

Forms

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most maenadic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more maenadic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

loose-handed · irrepressible · dionysiac · wild · reinless · ungovernable · unrestrained · wanton · difficult · out of control · unreined · dionysian · fractious · governless · chaotic · uninhibited · out of joint · anarchical · stanchless · untoward · ungoverned · gung ho · uncontrolled · unruly · unbridled · unvanquished · disciplineless · unchecked · lawless · uncontrollable · rampant · rantipole · indisciplined · undisciplined · wanton · anarchic · bratty

Deriveds

maenadically

Relateds

Dionysian · Bacchanalian · dionysian · bacchanalian