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monomaniacs

monomaniacs is the plural of monomaniac.

Meaning of monomaniac

Noun

monomaniac (plural monomaniacs)

  1. A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.
    • To talk nonsense, or poetry, or the dash between the two, in a tone of profound sincerity, and to enunciate solemn discordances with received opinion so seriously as to convey the impression of a spiritual insight, is the peculiar gift by which monomaniacs, having first persuaded themselves...1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    fanatic

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Questions about monomaniacs

What is monomaniacs the plural of?
Monomaniacs is the plural of monomaniac.

Words near monomaniacs in the dictionary

  1. monomanes
  2. monomania
  3. monomaniac
  4. monomaniacal
  5. monomaniacally
  6. monomaniacs
  7. monomanias
  8. monomaniæ
  9. monomannose
  10. monomannoside
  11. monomannosides

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