maniacal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder.

Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai

Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ f (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ᾰκός (-ăkós)

Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós)bor.

Late Latin maniacuslbor.

French maniaquebor.

English maniac

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English maniacal

From maniac + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnaɪək(ə)l/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəkəl

Adjective

maniacal (comparative more maniacal, superlative most maniacal)

1. Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.
   • 1867, Henry Maudsley, The Physiology and Pathology of the Mind‎^[1], New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 318:

     In other cases of moral alienation there will be found to have been more or less congenital moral defect, with maniacal exacerbations of positive moral insanity occurring perhaps at puberty, perhaps at the menstrual periods, perhaps after severe disappointment.

   • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 155:

     He suddenly exploded into about three seconds of maniacal laughter and stopped again.

Derived terms

• maniacality
• maniacally
• metromaniacal
• monomaniacal
• premaniacal
• unmaniacal

Translations

like a maniac

• Bulgarian: маниакален (maniakalen), вманиачен (vmaniačen)
• Catalan: maníac (ca)
• French: maniacal (fr)
• Italian: maniacale (it), maniaco (it)
• Spanish: maníaco (es) (psychiatry), maniaco (es) (psychiatry), maniático (es), ríspido (es)

Anagrams

• Calamian

French

Etymology

From maniaque +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nja.kal/

Adjective

maniacal (feminine maniacale, masculine plural maniacaux, feminine plural maniacales)

1. maniacal

Descendants

• → Romanian: maniacal

References

• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “maniacal”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder.

Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai

Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ f (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ᾰκός (-ăkós)

Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós)bor.

Late Latin maniacuslbor.

French maniaque

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -al

Middle French -al

French -al

French maniacalbor.

Romanian maniacal

Borrowed from French maniacal. By surface analysis, maniac + -al.

Adjective

maniacal m or n (feminine singular maniacală, masculine plural maniacali, feminine/neuter plural maniacale)

1. maniacal

Declension

Declension of maniacal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	maniacal		maniacală	maniacali	maniacale
	definite	maniacalul		maniacala	maniacalii	maniacalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	maniacal		maniacale	maniacali	maniacale
	definite	maniacalului		maniacalei	maniacalilor	maniacalelor