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Webster 1913 Edition

maniac

ma′ni-ac

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Noun.

A raving lunatic; a madman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Maniac

MA'NIAC

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Adj.

[L. maniacus.] Mad; raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect.

MA'NIAC

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Noun.

A madman; one raving with madness.

Definition 2024

maniac

maniac

See also: -maniac

English

Alternative forms

maniack (obsolete)

Noun

maniac ‎(plural maniacs)

An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

Synonyms

madling

Translations

insane person

Armenian: մոլագար (hy) ‎(molagar), մանյակ (hy) ‎(manyak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瘋子 (zh), 疯子 (zh) ‎(fēngzi), 狂人 (zh) ‎(kuángrén)
Czech: maniak
Dutch: maniak (nl), waanzinnige (nl), dolleman
Finnish: maanikko
French: maniaque (fr) m, f
German: Irre (de) m
Greek: μανιακός (el) m ‎(maniakós)
Hebrew: משוגע (he) ‎(me'shu'ga), מניאק ‎(man'iyak) (Slang, Vulgar)

Italian: maniaco (it)
Polish: maniak (pl) m
Portuguese: maníaco (pt) m
Russian: манья́к (ru) m ‎(manʹják)
Spanish: maníaco (es), maniaco (es)
Turkish: manyak (tr)

fanatic, obsessive

Armenian: մոլագար (hy) ‎(molagar), մանյակ (hy) ‎(manyak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 狂熱分子, 狂热分子 ‎(kuángrè fènzǐ), (suffix) -迷 (zh) ‎(-mí)
Czech: maniak m
Finnish: fanaatikko (fi), kiihkoilija (fi)
French: maniaque (fr) m, f, cinglé (fr) m, cinglée (fr) f

Greek: μανιακός (el) m ‎(maniakós)
Hebrew: מניאק ‎(man'iyak) (Slang, Vulgar)
Italian: maniaco (it)
Polish: maniak (pl)
Portuguese: maníaco (pt) m
Russian: манья́к (ru) m ‎(manʹják)
Spanish: maniático (es)

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