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Maniac

//ˈmeɪ.niˌæk// noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    wildly disordered wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.

    "She was driving like a maniac."

  2. 2
    an insane person wordnet
  3. 3
    A fanatic, a person with an obsession. figuratively

    "He's a manga maniac."

  4. 4
    a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something wordnet
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of sex maniac. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Etymology

From mania + -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). Compare manic.

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