paramaniac

Noun

paramaniac (plural paramaniacs)

1. a person suffering from paramania.
   • Again, he that has studied the delusions of the paramaniac or the general progressive paretic, must acknowledge how great is the resemblance as regards the double consciousness with its resulting delusions observable in those types of insanity and a certain stage of hypnotism.1890, The Epitome of Medicine
   • J. W., age 24, paramaniac was a patient in 1892, when I was a physician at the Insane hospital.1895, The Kansas City Medical Index-lancet - Volume 16, page 35
2. a person who is obsessed with complaining; one who complains.
   • Strife today is also created. It generates because it is wished, giving expressions to paramaniac and suicidal tendencies in us.1977, Oh Calcutta - Volume 6, page 31
   • Finally, and most likely, the author was simply an obsessive idiosyncratic paramaniac chirping like a mad canary.2009, Mathew Kinsella, The California Tales: A Novel, →ISBN