monomaniac

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪæk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪnɪæk/
• Rhymes: -eɪnɪæk

Noun

monomaniac (plural monomaniacs)

1. A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.
   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 15:

     To talk nonsense, or poetry, or the dash between the two, in a tone of profound sincerity, and to enunciate solemn discordances with received opinion so seriously as to convey the impression of a spiritual insight, is the peculiar gift by which monomaniacs, having first persuaded themselves, contrive to influence their neighbours, and through them to make conquest of a good half of the world, for good or for ill.

   • 1873, Horatio Alger, Bound to Rise, Ch. X

     Harry knew now that the old man was crazy, or at least a monomaniac, and, though he seemed harmless enough, it was of course possible that he might be dangerous.

   • 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Firm of Girdlestone, Ch. 44

     He had never yet been able to determine whether the old man was a consummate hypocrite or a religious monomaniac.

Synonyms

• (person obsessed): fanatic

Translations

Translations

• Swedish: monoman (sv)

Adjective

monomaniac

1. Focused on one thing above all others.
   • 1851 — Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Ch. 133

     ...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.

Translations

Translations

• Swedish: monoman (sv)

Related terms

• monomania
• monomaniacal
• monomaniacally

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Romanian

Etymology

From French monomaniaque

Adjective

monomaniac m or n (feminine singular monomaniacă, masculine plural monomaniaci, feminine and neuter plural monomaniace)

1. monomaniac

Declension

Declension of monomaniac

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	monomaniac		monomaniacă	monomaniaci	monomaniace
	definite	monomaniacul		monomaniaca	monomaniacii	monomaniacele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	monomaniac		monomaniace	monomaniaci	monomaniace
	definite	monomaniacului		monomaniacei	monomaniacilor	monomaniacelor