maniac

• maniack (obsolete)

From mania +‎ -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). Doublet of manic.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪniˌæk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ac
• Rhymes: -eɪniæk

maniac (plural maniacs)

1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.

   She was driving like a maniac.

2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

   He's a manga maniac.

3. (Philippines) Short for sex maniac.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maniac.

• madling

• brainiac
• trainiac

• -maniac
• mania
• maniacal

• → Cebuano: manyak, manyakis
• → Malay: maniak
• → Tagalog: manyak, manyakis

• Mancia, caiman, mancia

Borrowed from French maniaque. By surface analysis, manie +‎ -ac.

maniac m or n (feminine singular maniacă, masculine plural maniaci, feminine and neuter plural maniace)

1. maniacal