See Also: decimeter(medicine)

maenad (iou) and decimeter (medicine)


maenad (iou)



maenad noun. ['mi:nad] Also menad, Maenad. L16.
[Latin Maenad-, Maenas from Greek Mainad-, Mainas, from mainesthai rave.]
A Bacchante; gen. a frenzied woman.
mae'nadic adjective characteristic of or resembling a maenad; frenzied: M19.
maenadism noun wild or frenzied behaviour E20.

decimeter (medicine)


decimeter


One-tenth of a meter.