maniac

ma·ni·ac

 (mā′nē-ăk′)

n.

1. A psychotic or otherwise mentally ill person who exhibits violent or bizarre behavior. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.

2. A person who has an excessive enthusiasm or desire for something: a sports maniac.

3. A person who acts in a wildly irresponsible way: maniacs on the highway.

adj.

Variant of maniacal.

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[From Late Latin maniacus, maniacal, from Greek maniakos, from maniā, madness; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

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maniac

(ˈmeɪnɪˌæk)

n

1. a wild disorderly person

2. a person who has a great craving or enthusiasm for something: a football maniac.

3. (Psychiatry) psychiatry obsolete a person afflicted with mania

[C17: from Late Latin maniacus belonging to madness, from Greek]

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ma•ni•ac

(ˈmeɪ niˌæk)

n.

1. an insane person; lunatic.

2. an overly zealous or enthusiastic person.

adj.

3. maniacal.

[1595–1605; < Late Latin maniacus possessed by mania < Late Greek maniakós. See mania, -ac]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maniac - an insane person lunatic, madman crazy, looney, nutcase, weirdo - someone deranged and possibly dangerous bedlamite - an archaic term for a lunatic pyromaniac - a person with a mania for setting things on fire madwoman - a woman lunatic diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
	2.	maniac - a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something fancier, enthusiast - a person having a strong liking for something
Adj.	1.	maniac - wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy" maniacal insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

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maniac

noun

1. madman or madwoman, psycho (slang), lunatic, loony (slang), psychopath, nutter (Brit. slang), basket case (slang), nutcase (slang), headcase (informal), headbanger (informal) a drug-crazed maniac

2. fanatic, fan, enthusiast, freak (informal), fiend (informal) big spending football maniacs

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maniac

noun

A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity:

bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, zealot.

Informal: buff, fan, fiend.

Slang: freak, nut.

adjective

Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

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Translations

مَجْنُونمَجْنون، مَهْووس

maniak

vanvittig person

VerrückterWahnsinnige

μανιακός

maníaco

maanikkoraivohullu

maniaquedingue

מניאקמשוגע

manijak

dühöngõ õrült

brjálæîingur

follemaniacopazzo

狂人

미치광이

maniak

gærningvanvittig person

maniak

maníaco

маньяк

maniak

vettvilling

คนคลั่ง

manyakmanyak kimse

người điên

疯子

maniac

[ˈmeɪnɪæk]

A. ADJ → maníaco

B. N

1. → maníaco/a m/f
he drives like a maniac → conduce como un loco

2. (fig) (= enthusiast) → fanático/a m/f, maniático/a m/f
these sports maniacs → estos fanáticos or maniáticos del deporte

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maniac

[ˈmeɪniæk] n

(= mad person) → maniaque mf
She was attacked by a maniac with a knife → Elle a été agressée par un maniaque avec un couteau.
He drives like a maniac
BUT Il conduit comme un fou.
I worked like a maniac
BUT J'ai travaillé comme un dingue.

(= fanatic) a religious maniac → un(e) fanatique religieux/euse
a baseball maniac → un(e) mordu(e) du base-ball

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maniac

adj → wahnsinnig

n

→ Wahnsinnige(r) mf, → Irre(r) mf

(fig) these sports maniacs → diese Sportfanatiker pl; you maniac → du bist ja wahnsinnig!

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maniac

[ˈmeɪnɪæk] n → maniaco/a
sports maniac (fig) (fam) → maniaco/a dello sport
he drives like a maniac! → guida come un pazzo!

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mania

(ˈmeiniə) noun

1. a form of mental illness in which the sufferer is over-active, over-excited, and unreasonably happy. manie مَرَض الجُنون мания mania mánie die Manie mani μανίαmanía maania هیجان بی دلیل mania manieשיגעון सनक ludilo, mahnitost őrjöngés, téboly gila, mania oflæti, manía mania 躁病の 조병(躁病) manija mānija mania manievanvidd, maniszaleństwo بى سببه هيجانى كيدل mania manie маниакальный синдром mánia manija manija mani ความคลั่งไคล้ cinnet, mani 狂躁症 манія پیجان اور تشدّد کے دورے پڑنے کی بیماری chứng điên 狂躁症

2. an unreasonable enthusiasm for something. He has a mania for fast cars. liefde هَوَس، مَيْل مُفْرِط влечение mania mánie der Fimmel mani μανία, πάθοςmanía, obsesión hullus عشق intohimo manieתאווה बुद्धिभ्रम, पागलपन, सनक, अत्यधिक उत्साह požuda mánia tergila-gila -æði, –della mania 熱狂的愛好 광적인 열중 nenormalus potraukis, silpnybė aizraušanās; apsēstība tergila-gila maniemanimania, słabość علاقه او مينه mania manie мания mánia strast manija mani, dille ความขาดสติ aşırı düşkünlük 狂熱 манія دھن، شدید جذبہ tính ham mê 狂热

ˈmaniac (-ӕk) noun

an insane (and dangerous) person; a madman. He drives like a maniac. maniak مَجْنون، مَهْووس маниак maníaco maniak der/die Wahnsinnige sindssyg person μανιακόςmaniaco hull دیوانه hullu maniaqueמטורף उन्मादग्रस्त, पागल luđak dühöngő őrült orang gila brjálæðingur maniaco, folle 狂人 광적인 사람 maniakas, beprotis maniaks; ārprātīgais orang gila maniakvanvittig person, galningszaleniec ليونى maníaco maniac маньяк maniak blaznež manijak galning, dåre, niding คนบ้า manyak kimse 瘋子 маніяк جنونی người điên 疯子

manic (ˈmӕnik) adjective

1. of, or suffering from, mania. She's in a manic state. manies يُعاني من خَلَل عَقْلي обсебен maníaco maniakální Wahnsinns-... manisk μανιακόςmaniaco maaniline, maniakaalne دیوانگی maaninen maniaqueשיגעון उन्मत्त manijakalan mániás menderita kegilaan óður maniaco 躁病の 조병(躁病)의 maniakinis maniakāls menderita kegilaan manischmaniskmaniakalny ليونتوب maníaco de ne­bu­nie маниакальный maniakálny, maniacky maničen maničan manisk เกี่ยวกับความคลั่งไคล้ çılgın, deli 躁狂的 маніакальний دیوانگی سے متأثر thuộc tính gàn dở 躁狂的

2. extremely energetic, active and excited. The new manager is one of those manic people who can't rest even for a minute. manies حَيَوي جِدا، شَديد الحيَوِيَّه والإنْفِعال вманиачен maníaco maniakální verrückt manisk μανιώδης, υπερβολικά ενεργητικός frenético rahutu, sebija بیش فعال kiihkeä excité מְשוּגָע ל- अत्यधिक ऊर्जावान zanesen, pomaman mániákus gila kerja yfirspenntur, ólmur, ofvirkur maniaco 超活動的な 열광적인 nepaprastai aktyvus, energingas apsēsts; enerģijas pārpilns gila kerja manisch overaktiv/-energisk, overspentenergiczny, pełen życia قوى او كار ګر turbulento agitat одержимый maniakálny ekstremen maničan manisk กระตือรือร้น aşırı hareketli/heyecanlı 精力過人的 завзятий پر جوش، فعال buồn vui thất thường 精力超人的

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maniac

→ مَجْنُون maniak vanvittig person Verrückter μανιακός maníaco raivohullu dingue manijak folle 狂人 미치광이 maniak gærning maniak maníaco маньяк vettvilling คนคลั่ง manyak người điên 疯子

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ma·ni·ac

a. maníaco-a, persona afectada de manía.

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