monomaniacal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-der.

Proto-Hellenic *mónwos

Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos)

Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der.

English mono-

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

English monomaniacal

From mono- + maniacal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnəməˈnaɪəkəl/

Adjective

monomaniacal (comparative more monomaniacal, superlative most monomaniacal)

Of or relating to a monomaniac.
Hypernyms: singleminded, obsessive, fixated
- 2010 January 28, Michael Hofmann, quoting William Deresiewicz, “Vermicular Dither”, in London Review of Books‎^[1], volume 32, number 02, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 October 2026:
  ‘The typical Zweig story,’ the critic William Deresiewicz notes, cooling to his subject in an afterword, ‘is a tale of monomaniacal passion set loose amid the veiled, upholstered civility of the Austrian bourgeoisie, the class into which Zweig was born.’

Derived terms

monomaniacally

Translations

Swedish: monoman (sv)