maniac
English
Alternative forms
- maniack (obsolete)
Etymology
From mania + -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ac
- Rhymes: -eɪnɪæk
Noun
maniac (plural maniacs)
- An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
- She was driving like a maniac.
- A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
- He's a manga maniac.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:maniac.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
insane person
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fanatic, obsessive
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
maniac m or n (feminine singular maniacă, masculine plural maniaci, feminine and neuter plural maniace)
Declension
Declension of maniac
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | maniac | maniacă | maniaci | maniace | ||
definite | maniacul | maniaca | maniacii | maniacele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | maniac | maniace | maniaci | maniace | ||
definite | maniacului | maniacei | maniacilor | maniacelor |
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- English terms suffixed with -ac
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- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪnɪæk
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian adjectives