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maniacal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /məˈnaɪək(ə)l/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ f (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ᾰκός (-ăkós) Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós)bor. Late Latin maniacuslbor. French maniaquebor. English maniac English -al English maniacal From maniac + -al.

Meanings

1. Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.
   • He suddenly exploded into about three seconds of maniacal laughter and stopped again. 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 155:
   • In other cases of moral alienation there will be found to have been more or less congenital moral defect, with maniacal exacerbations of positive moral insanity occurring perhaps at puberty, perhaps at the menstrual periods, perhaps after severe disappointment. 1867, Henry Maudsley, The Physiology and Pathology of the Mind, New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 318:

Forms

Deriveds

metromaniacal · monomaniacal · maniacally · premaniacal · unmaniacal · maniacality

Translations (10)

it maniaco (like a maniac) · fr maniacal (like a maniac) · es ríspido (like a maniac) · bg вманиачен (like a maniac) · es maniático (like a maniac) · es maníaco (like a maniac) · bg маниакален (like a maniac) · it maniacale (like a maniac) · es maniaco (like a maniac) · ca maníac (like a maniac)