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单词 maine-iac
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Maine-iacn.

Brit. /ˈmeɪnɪak/, U.S. /ˈmeɪniˌæk/
Forms: 1800s Maine-ac, 1800s– Maine-iac, 1800s– Mainiac.
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: proper name Maine , maniac n.
Etymology: Humorous blend of the name of Maine (see Maine n.2) and maniac n.
U.S. colloquial.
A native or inhabitant of the State of Maine.
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1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 July in Passages from Amer. Notebks. (1868) 47 The British have lately imprisoned a man who was sent to take the census; and the Mainiacs are much excited on the subject.
1852 Lantern (N.Y.) 1 119/2 There is to be a great Fast throughout the State of Maine. The Mainiacs are to be Fastmen, which is a clear confession they are loose at present.
1888 Overland Monthly 12 511 So many of us hailed from the ‘jumping-off place’, that we were hailed as ‘Maine-iacs’.
1978 Washington Post 2 July b4/1 These locals—‘Maine-iacs’, they call themselves—are straight-talking and stubborn, a determined breed rooted umbilically to place and family.
1994 Dallas Morning News 6 Feb. 11 g4 Barbara McCann, a native Maine-iac, lives near White Rock Lake (in Dallas), which is her favorite Texas spot.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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