maniacadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪnɪak/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪniˌæk/

Forms: 1500s manyake, 1500s–1600s maniacke, 1500s (Scottish) 1600s maniacque, 1600s–1700s maniack, 1700s– maniac.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French maniaque; Latin maniacus.

Etymology: < Middle French maniaque (late 13th cent. in Old French as adjective; late 15th cent. as noun) or its etymon post-classical Latin maniacus (6th cent. as adjective; 9th cent. as noun) < mania mania n. + -acus -ac suffix.

A. adj.

a. Of, relating to, or characterized by mania; belonging to or characteristic of a maniac.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > affected with mania > relating to mania

maniac1526

maniacal1701

1526 Grete Herball cvii. sig. Giii/1 They that vseth it to moche comynly fall in the manyake passyon.

1728 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 347 I..us'd Camphire in Maniac Disorders.

1817 Ld. Byron Lament Tasso iii The..maniac cry Of minds and bodies in captivity.

a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. iii. 36 Like maniac ravings.

1879 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 166 To gaze with maniac stare.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. ix. 156 Pushing at him with all her strength she vented a series of maniac shrieks.

1958 I. Murdoch Bell xx After lunch Paul continued with maniac alertness to supervise his wife.

b. Characterized by wild excitement; frantic.

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the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective]

delirious1599

Bacchical1665

Bacchic1699

maniac1809

manic1823

maniacal1866

1809 T. Jefferson Let. 17 Mar. in Writings (1903) XII. 267 In the present maniac state of Europe.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxiv. 284 The performance of a maniac hornpipe.

1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconformity 320 To the government this maniac proceeding was a godsend.

1994 Rolling Stone 2 June 40/1 When..the lights go out and the maniac roar of the crowd goes out, it doesn't affect me.

2. Affected with mania; raving with madness; behaving or appearing like a maniac. Also (occasionally) in extended use.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > affected with mania

maniac1597

maniacal1657

bitten1847

1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie (1924) 47 [Witches] can make folkes to becom phreneticque or maniacque.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Maniacque, mad: braine sick.

1813 T. Jefferson Let. 24 May in Writings (1984) 1272 It has been the will of Providence to raise up..a tyrant... Not in the poor maniac George, but in his government and nation.

1825 W. Scott Talisman v, in Tales Crusaders IV. 88 My words shall be those of the maniac outcast which I am.

1844 W. C. Bryant tr. Serenade in Poet. Wks. 218 The maniac winds, divorcing The turtle from his mate.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xvi. 158 His maniac widow watching eagerly from her French asylum for the form that will never come.

1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life ii. 17 This is my maniac sister. She's flying in..with her latest squeeze.

1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life iv. 59 You don't really want this beautiful maniac friend of mine coming over here..and forcing nonprescription drugs up your nose, do you?

1992 Daily Mirror 3 Aug. 13 (headline) ‘Maniac’ death driver.

1992 Daily Mirror 3 Aug. 13/1 Police were last night hunting a ‘maniac’ driver after a crash which killed five people.

B. n.

a. A person affected with mania; a person who is, or looks or behaves as if, mad. Now frequently in trivial use.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person

woodman1297

madmanc1330

lunatic1377

franticc1380

madwomana1438

March harec1500

Bedlam beggar1525

fanaticc1525

bedlama1529

frenetic1528

Jack o' Bedlam1528

Tom o' Bedlam1569

crack-brain1570

madbrain1570

Tom1575

madcap1589

gelt1596

madhead1600

brainsick1605

madpash1611

non compos1628

madling1638

bedlam-man1658

bedlamerc1675

fan1682

bedlamite1691

cracka1701

lymphatic1708

shatter-brain1719

mad1729

maniaca1763

non compos mentis1765

shatter-pate1775

shatter-wit1775

insane1786

craze1831

dement1857

crazy1867

crackpot1883

loony1884

bug1885

psychopath1885

dingbat1887

psychopathic1890

ding-a-ling1899

meshuggener1900

détraqué1902

maddiea1903

nut1908

mental1913

ding1929

lakes1934

wack1938

fruitcake1942

nutty1942

barm-pot1951

nutcake1953

nutter1958

nutcase1959

nut job1959

meshuga1962

nutsy1964

headcase1965

nutball1968

headbanger1973

nutso1975

wacko1977

nut bar1978

mentalist1990

a1763 W. Shenstone Elegies xvi, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 41 Scornful she spoke, and heedless of reply The lovely maniac bounded o'er the plain.

1775 H. Farmer Ess. Demoniacs New Test. i. viii. 143 All their [sc. demoniacs'] symptoms agree with those of epileptics and maniacs, who fancied they had evil spirits within them.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 663 And 'tis a fearful spectacle to see So many maniacs dancing in their chains.

1809 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 140/2 There may be..some very respectable men at the head of these maniacs [sc. Methodists].

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 141 His eye rolled like that of a maniac in his fever fit.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxxvi As though he half expected this maniac to turn and bite him.

1916 H. L. Mencken Let. 10 July (1961) 85 You would be a maniac not to go out for all that money while the going is good.

1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down i. vii. 94 He..stressed Wilcox's peculiar behaviour... ‘My dear the man's a raving maniac!’ she..cried.

1983 M. S. Power Hunt for Autumn Clowns 57 Stop that fucking maniac before he slaughters every bird we've got.

b. A person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something.Frequently with preceding distinguishing word (for more established compounds see the first element).

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1833 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 768 A similar institution might exist for a higher class of will-maniacs or impotents.

1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 75 You never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses.

1917 N. Douglas South Wind x. 142 He will be an anti-vivisectionist, a nut-fooder, costume-maniac.., or a spiritualist into the bargain.

1939 M. Dickens One Pair of Hands iii. 40 He was a pools maniac.

1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man iv. 140 Tommy was a maniac for fitness.

Compounds

General attributive.

maniac-maiden n. rare

ΚΠ

1845 G. Murray Islaford 149 The maniac-maiden singeth aye Of love.

Derivatives

ˈmaniac-like adj.

ΚΠ

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 146 I, a most enamoured maiden..Maniac-like around thee move.

1859 W. Anderson Discourses (1860) 2nd Ser. 89 The maniac-like strait-waistcoating of worldliness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maniac
释义	maniacadj.n. Brit. /ˈmeɪnɪak/, U.S. /ˈmeɪniˌæk/ Forms: 1500s manyake, 1500s–1600s maniacke, 1500s (Scottish) 1600s maniacque, 1600s–1700s maniack, 1700s– maniac. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French maniaque; Latin maniacus. Etymology: < Middle French maniaque (late 13th cent. in Old French as adjective; late 15th cent. as noun) or its etymon post-classical Latin maniacus (6th cent. as adjective; 9th cent. as noun) < mania mania n. + -acus -ac suffix. A. adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or characterized by mania; belonging to or characteristic of a maniac. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > affected with mania > relating to mania maniac1526 maniacal1701 1526 Grete Herball cvii. sig. Giii/1 They that vseth it to moche comynly fall in the manyake passyon. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 347 I..us'd Camphire in Maniac Disorders. 1817 Ld. Byron Lament Tasso iii The..maniac cry Of minds and bodies in captivity. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. iii. 36 Like maniac ravings. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 166 To gaze with maniac stare. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. ix. 156 Pushing at him with all her strength she vented a series of maniac shrieks. 1958 I. Murdoch Bell xx After lunch Paul continued with maniac alertness to supervise his wife. b. Characterized by wild excitement; frantic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective] delirious1599 Bacchical1665 Bacchic1699 maniac1809 manic1823 maniacal1866 1809 T. Jefferson Let. 17 Mar. in Writings (1903) XII. 267 In the present maniac state of Europe. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxiv. 284 The performance of a maniac hornpipe. 1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconformity 320 To the government this maniac proceeding was a godsend. 1994 Rolling Stone 2 June 40/1 When..the lights go out and the maniac roar of the crowd goes out, it doesn't affect me. 2. Affected with mania; raving with madness; behaving or appearing like a maniac. Also (occasionally) in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > affected with mania maniac1597 maniacal1657 bitten1847 1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie (1924) 47 [Witches] can make folkes to becom phreneticque or maniacque. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Maniacque, mad: braine sick. 1813 T. Jefferson Let. 24 May in Writings (1984) 1272 It has been the will of Providence to raise up..a tyrant... Not in the poor maniac George, but in his government and nation. 1825 W. Scott Talisman v, in Tales Crusaders IV. 88 My words shall be those of the maniac outcast which I am. 1844 W. C. Bryant tr. Serenade in Poet. Wks. 218 The maniac winds, divorcing The turtle from his mate. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xvi. 158 His maniac widow watching eagerly from her French asylum for the form that will never come. 1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life ii. 17 This is my maniac sister. She's flying in..with her latest squeeze. 1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life iv. 59 You don't really want this beautiful maniac friend of mine coming over here..and forcing nonprescription drugs up your nose, do you? 1992 Daily Mirror 3 Aug. 13 (headline) ‘Maniac’ death driver. 1992 Daily Mirror 3 Aug. 13/1 Police were last night hunting a ‘maniac’ driver after a crash which killed five people. B. n. a. A person affected with mania; a person who is, or looks or behaves as if, mad. Now frequently in trivial use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person woodman1297 madmanc1330 lunatic1377 franticc1380 madwomana1438 March harec1500 Bedlam beggar1525 fanaticc1525 bedlama1529 frenetic1528 Jack o' Bedlam1528 Tom o' Bedlam1569 crack-brain1570 madbrain1570 Tom1575 madcap1589 gelt1596 madhead1600 brainsick1605 madpash1611 non compos1628 madling1638 bedlam-man1658 bedlamerc1675 fan1682 bedlamite1691 cracka1701 lymphatic1708 shatter-brain1719 mad1729 maniaca1763 non compos mentis1765 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 insane1786 craze1831 dement1857 crazy1867 crackpot1883 loony1884 bug1885 psychopath1885 dingbat1887 psychopathic1890 ding-a-ling1899 meshuggener1900 détraqué1902 maddiea1903 nut1908 mental1913 ding1929 lakes1934 wack1938 fruitcake1942 nutty1942 barm-pot1951 nutcake1953 nutter1958 nutcase1959 nut job1959 meshuga1962 nutsy1964 headcase1965 nutball1968 headbanger1973 nutso1975 wacko1977 nut bar1978 mentalist1990 a1763 W. Shenstone Elegies xvi, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 41 Scornful she spoke, and heedless of reply The lovely maniac bounded o'er the plain. 1775 H. Farmer Ess. Demoniacs New Test. i. viii. 143 All their [sc. demoniacs'] symptoms agree with those of epileptics and maniacs, who fancied they had evil spirits within them. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 663 And 'tis a fearful spectacle to see So many maniacs dancing in their chains. 1809 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 140/2 There may be..some very respectable men at the head of these maniacs [sc. Methodists]. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 141 His eye rolled like that of a maniac in his fever fit. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxxvi As though he half expected this maniac to turn and bite him. 1916 H. L. Mencken Let. 10 July (1961) 85 You would be a maniac not to go out for all that money while the going is good. 1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down i. vii. 94 He..stressed Wilcox's peculiar behaviour... ‘My dear the man's a raving maniac!’ she..cried. 1983 M. S. Power Hunt for Autumn Clowns 57 Stop that fucking maniac before he slaughters every bird we've got. b. A person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something.Frequently with preceding distinguishing word (for more established compounds see the first element). ΚΠ 1833 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 768 A similar institution might exist for a higher class of will-maniacs or impotents. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 75 You never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses. 1917 N. Douglas South Wind x. 142 He will be an anti-vivisectionist, a nut-fooder, costume-maniac.., or a spiritualist into the bargain. 1939 M. Dickens One Pair of Hands iii. 40 He was a pools maniac. 1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man iv. 140 Tommy was a maniac for fitness. Compounds General attributive. maniac-maiden n. rare ΚΠ 1845 G. Murray Islaford 149 The maniac-maiden singeth aye Of love. Derivatives ˈmaniac-like adj. ΚΠ 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 146 I, a most enamoured maiden..Maniac-like around thee move. 1859 W. Anderson Discourses (1860) 2nd Ser. 89 The maniac-like strait-waistcoating of worldliness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -maniaccomb. form < adj.n.1526 see also
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