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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mey-nee-ak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪ niˌæk |
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Définition of maniac
Origin :- c.1600, "pertaining to mania; insane," from French maniaque (14c.), from Late Latin maniacus, from Greek maniakos, from mania (see mania). Borrowed at first in French form; Latinized in English from 1727. The noun is attested from 1763, from the adjective.
- noun person who is crazy, overenthusiastic
- If it were not for Kirsty, I should be in my grave, or wandering the earth a maniac.
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
- Blinded with rage, he had begun beating about the room like a maniac.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- Aside from his god Science he was a maniac—inhuman, cruel, unreasoning.
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- I dragged her down to the sea with the strength of a maniac and sprang in.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Her hair fell from its knot, and her eyes began to blaze like the eyes of a maniac.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- He was standing over the form of the maniac, rigid and menacing.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
- Meantime, at first, the maniac made a great deal of noise in the lodge.
- Extract from : « Amy Foster » by Joseph Conrad
- Frank had listened to all this, and he noted that Gage actually seemed like a maniac.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
- Just as I am affected by the maniac, so I am affected by most modern thinkers.
- Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
- It grew intolerable—intolerable; he was beaten, mocked, and almost a maniac.
- Extract from : « Heart » by Martin Farquhar Tupper
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