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noun
- 1. a person exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour: "when he sits in front of a PlayStation he transforms into a karate-chopping maniac"
- 2. a person suffering from mania. archaic Similar
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Definition of maniac adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
MANIAC definition: 1. a person who has a very strong interest in a particular activity: 2. a person who behaves in an…. Learn more.
noun. /ˈmeɪniæk/ (informal, sometimes offensive) a person who behaves in a dangerous, violent or wild way and who you think is crazy or strange The use of the word maniac to refer to somebody who has a mental illness is offensive. synonym madman. He was driving like a maniac. a homicidal/knife-wielding maniac. Topics Danger c2.
noun. 1. a wild disorderly person. 2. a person who has a great craving or enthusiasm for something. a football maniac. 3. psychiatry obsolete. a person who experiences mania. Collins English Dictionary.
A maniac is a crazy person. Screaming like a maniac is never a good way to get your point across. Long ago, the word maniac was an official psychiatric term that meant "a patient suffering from mania," or manic disorder, involving a euphoric mood and extreme energy.
The meaning of MANIAC is someone who is or acts mentally unsound; especially : a person who behaves in a wildly foolish, reckless, or dangerous manner. How to use maniac in a sentence.
A maniac is a crazy person who is violent and dangerous. 2. If you describe someone's behavior as maniac , you are emphasizing that it is extremely foolish and uncontrolled.
noun. a wild disorderly person. a person who has a great craving or enthusiasm for something. a football maniac. obsolete. psychiatry a person afflicted with mania.
someone who behaves in an extreme or uncontrolled way: a sex maniac. He drives like a maniac. (Definition of maniac from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of maniac. in Chinese (Traditional) 強烈興趣, 入迷的人，狂熱愛好者, 瘋子… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 强烈兴趣, 入迷的人，狂热爱好者, 疯子… See more. in Spanish.
Noun. adjective. 1.a. 1526–. Of, relating to, or characterized by mania; belonging to or characteristic of a maniac. 1526. They that vseth it to moche comynly fall in the manyake passyon. Grete Herball cvii. sig. Giii/1. 1728. I..us'd Camphire in Maniac Disorders. Philosophical Transactions 1727–8 (Royal Society) vol. 35 347. 1817.
