automaniac
automaniac noun: a person who is self-involved to the point of mental illness.
Noun (1)
automaniac (plural automaniacs)
- A person who is self-involved to the point of mental illness.
Noun (2)
automaniac (plural automaniacs)
- An enthusiast of automobiles and motoring.
- A foolish dissipation, ending in broken rest, depleted purses, broken laws, broken automobiles, and broken bones.[…] Is the cost not heavy enough to bring even an automaniac to his senses?1902 July 23, “Record Breaking ‘Tours’”, in The Horseless Age, volume 10, page 81
- There seems to be need of a term to designate these new terrors of our streets, those speed crazed paranoiacs who are now doing so much to bring the automobile into disrepute.[…] The word “automaniac,” suggested by The Horseless Age, seems quite appropriate[…] Why not adopt the name “automania” for...1902, “The Automaniac”, in Massachusetts Medical Journal, page 551
- A road hog.
Forms of automaniac
| plural | automaniacs |
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Origin of automaniac
Of auto- (“oneself”) + -maniac (“one who experiences obsession”). Attested from the 19th century.
Of auto (“automobile”) + -maniac (“one who experiences obsession”). Attested from the early 20th century. Compare automania.
Words that rhyme with automaniac
- maniac
- dipsomaniac
- paramaniac
- Anglomaniac
- anthomaniac
- Beatlemaniac
- bibliomaniac
- brainiac
- cocainomaniac
- decalcomaniac
- demonomaniac
- dinomaniac
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- egomaniac
- eleutheromaniac
- ergomaniac
- erotomaniac
- etheromaniac
- ethnomaniac
- Euromaniac
- flagellomaniac
- Gallomaniac
- Germanomaniac
- graphomaniac
- Grecomaniac
- heroinomaniac
- hydromaniac
- hypomaniac
- hysteromaniac
- infomaniac
- kleptomaniac
- logomaniac
- megalomaniac
- melomaniac
- mentulomaniac
- metromaniac
- micromaniac
- monomaniac
- morphinomaniac
- morphiomaniac
- mythomaniac
- narcomaniac
- nymphomaniac
- oenomaniac
- oniomaniac
- orchidomaniac
- pornomaniac
- Pottermaniac
- pyromaniac
- Remainiac
- Russomaniac
- satyromaniac
- sonnettomaniac
- squandermaniac
- substratomaniac
- theatromaniac
- theomaniac
- timbromaniac
- tulipomaniac
- xenomaniac
Questions about automaniac
- What does automaniac mean?
- Automaniac means a person who is self-involved to the point of mental illness.
- What part of speech is automaniac?
- Automaniac is a noun.
- What is the plural of automaniac?
- The plural of automaniac is automaniacs.
Words near automaniac in the dictionary
Source and license
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