maniac

ma·ni·ac

M0079600 (mā′nē-ăk′)n.1. A psychotic or otherwise mentally ill person who exhibits violent or bizarre behavior. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.2. A person who has an excessive enthusiasm or desire for something: a sports maniac.3. A person who acts in a wildly irresponsible way: maniacs on the highway.adj. Variant of maniacal.

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[From Late Latin maniacus, maniacal, from Greek maniakos, from maniā, madness; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

maniac

(ˈmeɪnɪˌæk) n1. a wild disorderly person2. a person who has a great craving or enthusiasm for something: a football maniac. 3. (Psychiatry) psychiatry obsolete a person afflicted with mania[C17: from Late Latin maniacus belonging to madness, from Greek]

ma•ni•ac

(ˈmeɪ niˌæk)

n. 1. an insane person; lunatic. 2. an overly zealous or enthusiastic person. adj. 3. maniacal. [1595–1605; < Late Latin maniacus possessed by mania < Late Greek maniakós. See mania, -ac]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maniac - an insane personlunatic, madmancrazy, looney, loony, nutcase, weirdo - someone deranged and possibly dangerousbedlamite - an archaic term for a lunaticpyromaniac - a person with a mania for setting things on firemadwoman - a woman lunaticdiseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
	2.	maniac - a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for somethingfancier, enthusiast - a person having a strong liking for something
Adj.	1.	maniac - wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy"maniacalinsane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

maniac

noun1. madman or madwoman, psycho (slang), lunatic, loony (slang), psychopath, nutter (Brit. slang), basket case (slang), nutcase (slang), headcase (informal), headbanger (informal) a drug-crazed maniac2. fanatic, fan, enthusiast, freak (informal), fiend (informal) big spending football maniacs

maniac

nounA person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity:bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, zealot.Informal: buff, fan, fiend.Slang: freak, nut.adjectiveAfflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.Chiefly British: crackers.Law: non compos mentis.Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

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mania

(ˈmeiniə) noun1. a form of mental illness in which the sufferer is over-active, over-excited, and unreasonably happy. 狂躁症 狂躁症2. an unreasonable enthusiasm for something. He has a mania for fast cars. 狂熱 狂热ˈmaniac (-ӕk) noun an insane (and dangerous) person; a madman. He drives like a maniac. 瘋子 疯子manic (ˈmӕnik) adjective1. of, or suffering from, mania. She's in a manic state. 躁狂的 躁狂的2. extremely energetic, active and excited. The new manager is one of those manic people who can't rest even for a minute. 精力過人的 精力超人的

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