monomaniacn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak/, U.S.

/ˌmɑnəˈmeɪniæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -maniac comb. form.

Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -maniac comb. form, either after French monomaniaque (1814) or independently after monomania n.

A. n.

A person with monomania; a person who has a monomania or craze.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun] > devotion to single idea > suffer from

monomaniac1827

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > madness in one or many aspects > person

monomaniac1827

monomane1846

1827 Lancet 6 Jan. 442/1 He might be disposed to raise a laugh at Larrey, and slily call him an old woman and a mono-maniac, as if he were mad on one subject.

1831 C. Badham tr. Juvenal Satires (new ed.) vi. 69 (note) This is a subject on which most of us are incorrigible monomaniacs.

1862 H. Aïdé Carr of Carrlyon I. 167 The old gentleman is a monomaniac on the subject of society.

1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars vii. 322 A small army of wandering monomaniacs..were roaming about London.

1921 E. L. White Andivius Hedulio iv. xxxiii. 488 Falco was a monomaniac.

1958 J. Barth End of Road ix. 144 Or you could say he's just insane, a monomaniac.

1978 A. Storr in J. O'Neill Land under Eng. 7 He sees him for what he is, a monomaniac possessed with hatred for all who do not share his obsessions or conform to his beliefs.

1992 Time 6 Jan. 38/2 Turner had struck some of those who know him as a joyless monomaniac who pursued achievement.

B. adj.

= monomaniacal adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > madness in one aspect

monomaniacal1833

monomaniac1836

monomanious1872

monoideistic1884

1836 J. Paget Let. 29 Nov. in Mem. & Lett. (1901) v. 93 He is certainly a sharp fellow, but I should think rather monomaniac on the reflections.

1849 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 24 Oct. (1954) I. 318 How does she manage to endure her life with that poor monomaniac husband.

1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. iii. 75 And of these were Abraham and his children, who have given to the modern world for an endless enigma the almost monomaniac monotheism of the Jews.

1985 P. Zeigler Mountbatten i. ii. 32 The Navy..looked inward at its own operations with monomaniac if often justified satisfaction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monomaniac
释义	monomaniacn.adj. Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈmeɪniæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -maniac comb. form. Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -maniac comb. form, either after French monomaniaque (1814) or independently after monomania n. A. n. A person with monomania; a person who has a monomania or craze. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun] > devotion to single idea > suffer from monomaniac1827 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > madness in one or many aspects > person monomaniac1827 monomane1846 1827 Lancet 6 Jan. 442/1 He might be disposed to raise a laugh at Larrey, and slily call him an old woman and a mono-maniac, as if he were mad on one subject. 1831 C. Badham tr. Juvenal Satires (new ed.) vi. 69 (note) This is a subject on which most of us are incorrigible monomaniacs. 1862 H. Aïdé Carr of Carrlyon I. 167 The old gentleman is a monomaniac on the subject of society. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars vii. 322 A small army of wandering monomaniacs..were roaming about London. 1921 E. L. White Andivius Hedulio iv. xxxiii. 488 Falco was a monomaniac. 1958 J. Barth End of Road ix. 144 Or you could say he's just insane, a monomaniac. 1978 A. Storr in J. O'Neill Land under Eng. 7 He sees him for what he is, a monomaniac possessed with hatred for all who do not share his obsessions or conform to his beliefs. 1992 Time 6 Jan. 38/2 Turner had struck some of those who know him as a joyless monomaniac who pursued achievement. B. adj. = monomaniacal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > madness in one aspect monomaniacal1833 monomaniac1836 monomanious1872 monoideistic1884 1836 J. Paget Let. 29 Nov. in Mem. & Lett. (1901) v. 93 He is certainly a sharp fellow, but I should think rather monomaniac on the reflections. 1849 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 24 Oct. (1954) I. 318 How does she manage to endure her life with that poor monomaniac husband. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. iii. 75 And of these were Abraham and his children, who have given to the modern world for an endless enigma the almost monomaniac monotheism of the Jews. 1985 P. Zeigler Mountbatten i. ii. 32 The Navy..looked inward at its own operations with monomaniac if often justified satisfaction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1827
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