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maniac

[ mey-nee-ak ]

noun

  1. a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
  2. any intemperate or overly zealous or enthusiastic person:

    a maniac when it comes to details.



adjective

maniac

/ ˈɪɪˌæ /

noun

  1. a wild disorderly person
  2. a person who has a great craving or enthusiasm for something

    a football maniac

  3. obsolete.
    psychiatry a person afflicted with mania
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maniac1

First recorded in 1595–1605, maniac is from the Medieval Latin word maniacus of, pertaining to madness. See mania, -ac
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maniac1

C17: from Late Latin maniacus belonging to madness, from Greek
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Even so, she told “60 Minutes,” “I’m not a spy. I’m not Mata Hari. I’m not sexual maniac like people say about me. Do I look like I’m a sexual maniac?”

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But, like every addled maniac, his hatred lacks focus.

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"This is not a homicidal maniac. This is a community of people that came together to do this to another community," Prof Schulting adds.

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How far Trump can go to realize his rhetoric on education — including revamping colleges and universities he sees as being under the control of “Marxist maniacs” — is unclear.

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When you see people driving like maniacs, it’s generally not folks in my age group on their way to bridge, or golf, or to pick up the grandkids from school.

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