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monomaniac, n. (a.)|mɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪæk|
[f. monomania: see -maniac.]
a. One who suffers from monomania; one who has a monomania or craze.
1833Athenæum 23 Nov. 792 In the year 1793, there was, at Besançon, an idiot—a mono-maniac—a fool. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 484/2 It is rarely that the mind of the mono⁓maniac is otherwise perfectly sound; there is generally combined with the delusion a morbid state of the moral feelings. 1862H. Aïdé Carr of Carrlyon I. 167 The old gentleman is a monomaniac on the subject of society. 1889Jessopp Coming of Friars vii. 322 A small army of wandering monomaniacs..were roaming about London.
b. adj. = next.
1836Sir J. Paget Let. 29 Nov. in Mem. v. (1901) 93 He is certainly a sharp fellow, but I should think rather mono⁓maniac on the reflections. 1849Geo. Eliot Let. 24 Oct. (1954) I. 318 How does she manage to endure her life with that poor monomaniac husband. |