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maniac

English

Alternative forms

  • maniack (obsolete)

Etymology

From mania +? -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (maniakós), adjectival form of ????? (manía, madness).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?me?ni?æk/
  • Hyphenation: ma?ni?ac
  • Rhymes: -e?n?æk

Noun

maniac (plural maniacs)

  1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
  2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maniac.

Synonyms

  • madling

Derived terms

  • brainiac
  • trainiac

Related terms

  • -maniac
  • mania
  • maniacal

Translations

Anagrams

  • Mancia, caiman, mancia

Romanian

Etymology

From French maniaque.

Adjective

maniac m or n (feminine singular maniac?, masculine plural maniaci, feminine and neuter plural maniace)

  1. maniacal

Declension

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kleptomaniac

English

Alternative forms

  • cleptomaniac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (klépt?, I steal) (from Proto-Hellenic *klép??, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klep-) + -maniac.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kl?pt??me?niæk/
  • Rhymes: -e?niæk

Noun

kleptomaniac (plural kleptomaniacs)

  1. One who steals compulsively.

Derived terms

  • kleptomaniacal

Related terms

  • klepto
  • kleptomania
  • maniac
  • -maniac

Translations

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