megalomaniac
/ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniæk/
megalomaniac noun: one affected with or exhibiting megalomania.
Noun
megalomaniac (plural megalomaniacs)
- One affected with or exhibiting megalomania.
- 'Well, I don't know him well enough yet to say, but I will admit that if he is not a mere bullying megalomaniac, and if what he says is true, then he certainly is in a class by himself.'1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
- Mr. Big paused. Bond saw that his great yellow eyes were wide, as if he saw visions. He's a raving megalomaniac, thought Bond. And all the more dangerous because of it.1954, Ian Fleming, “No Sensayuma”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 76
Adjective
megalomaniac (comparative more megalomaniac, superlative most megalomaniac)
- Of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania.
- Often, for good measure, Hitler is given as an example of a megalomaniac person. So, for our convenience, Hitler personifies the illness called megalomania[…]2013, Jon Huer, Call from the Cave: Our Cruel Nature and Quest for Power, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 241
Forms of megalomaniac
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | megalomaniacs |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more megalomaniac |
| superlative | most megalomaniac |
Origin of megalomaniac
By surface analysis, megalomania + -ac, or, by surface analysis, megalo- + -maniac.
Words formed from megalomaniac
Words that rhyme with megalomaniac
- maniac
- automaniac
- dipsomaniac
- paramaniac
- Anglomaniac
- anthomaniac
- Beatlemaniac
- bibliomaniac
- brainiac
- cocainomaniac
- decalcomaniac
- demonomaniac
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- dinomaniac
- egomaniac
- eleutheromaniac
- ergomaniac
- erotomaniac
- etheromaniac
- ethnomaniac
- Euromaniac
- flagellomaniac
- Gallomaniac
- Germanomaniac
- graphomaniac
- Grecomaniac
- heroinomaniac
- hydromaniac
- hypomaniac
- hysteromaniac
- infomaniac
- kleptomaniac
- logomaniac
- 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 megalomaniac
- What does megalomaniac mean?
- Megalomaniac means one affected with or exhibiting megalomania.
- What part of speech is megalomaniac?
- Megalomaniac can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce megalomaniac?
- Megalomaniac is pronounced /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniæk/.
- What is the plural of megalomaniac?
- The plural of megalomaniac is megalomaniacs.
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