maniac
Syllables: ma·ni·ac/ˈmeɪ.niˌæk/
maniac noun: an insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania. Also the ellipsis of sex maniac.
Noun
maniac (plural maniacs)
- An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
- She was driving like a maniac.
- In these early days of silent pictures, the accent was chiefly on thrills and danger as provided by supposedly unstoppable locomotives with crooks or maniacs on the footplate.1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88
- A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
- He's a manga maniac.
- She's a maniac, maniac on the floor / And she's dancing like she's never danced before1983, Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky, “Maniac”
Also used as
maniac is also the ellipsis of sex maniac.
maniac meaning in Arabic
maniac in Arabic
- insane person
- مَهْوُوس mahwūs, مَهْوُوسَة mahwūsa, مَمْسُوس mamsūs, مَمْسُوسَة mamsūsa
Examples of maniac in a sentence
- Others may enjoy being frightened by chainsaw-wielding maniacs and cannibal clowns, but my Halloween is never complete without a murderous Muppet or two.2017 October 18, Seth Kubersky, “A weekend full of puppetry-themed entertainment is just the ticket, unless you’re pupaphobic”, in Orlando...
- “It gives me the dithers, thinking of the damage that maniac could do if he ever took the headship.2017, J. C. Staudt, Children of the Wastes:
Synonyms of maniac
Forms of maniac
| plural | maniacs |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | maniack |
Origin of maniac
From mania + -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). Compare manic.
Words formed from maniac
- anthomaniac
- Beatlemaniac
- brainiac
- Caniac
- Chinamaniac
- Cobainiac
- ecumaniac
- greeniac
- humaniac
- insaniac
- Maine-iac
- Mainiac
- maniaclike
- Mayniac
- McCainiac
- miniac
- Muslimaniac
- narcomaniac
- orchidomaniac
- Pokémaniac
- railwayac
- Remainiac
- Tasmaniac
- technomaniac
- trainiac
- trichomaniac
- typomaniac
- Whitmaniac
- Yakimaniac
Words that rhyme with maniac
- automaniac
- dipsomaniac
- paramaniac
- Anglomaniac
- anthomaniac
- Beatlemaniac
- bibliomaniac
- brainiac
- cocainomaniac
- decalcomaniac
- demonomaniac
- dinomaniac
47 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- 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 maniac
- What does maniac mean?
- Maniac means an insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
- What is maniac in Arabic?
- Maniac in Arabic is مَهْوُوس (mahwūs), مَهْوُوسَة (mahwūsa), مَمْسُوس (mamsūs). See Maniac meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use maniac in a sentence?
- Others may enjoy being frightened by chainsaw-wielding maniacs and cannibal clowns, but my Halloween is never complete without a murderous Muppet or two.
- What part of speech is maniac?
- Maniac is a noun.
- How do you pronounce maniac?
- Maniac is pronounced /ˈmeɪ.niˌæk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of maniac?
- The plural of maniac is maniacs.
Words near maniac in the dictionary
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