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maenad (iou) and obliviscence (iou)


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.

obliviscence (iou)



obliviscence noun. L18.
[from Latin obliviscent- pres. ppl stem of oblivisci forget: see -ENCE.]
The fact of forgetting; the state of having forgotten; forgetfulness.