† metromaniacadj.n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form¹, maniac adj.

Etymology: As adjective < metro- comb. form¹ + maniac adj., after metromania n.¹; as noun probably independently < metro- comb. form¹ + -maniac comb. form, after metromania n.¹ Compare French métromane, noun (1711).

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Relating to or affected with metromania. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > composing verse > mania for

metromaniac1830

1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry I. 183 On a sudden [Bodmer] seemed to have acquired the facility of versification, and to display it with almost metromaniac eagerness.

B. n.

A person with a mania for writing poetry.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > metromaniac

metromaniac1867

1867 Catholic World June 291 Nero especially, imperial artist and metromaniac, seems to have honestly regarded these exercises as one of the glories of his reign.

1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) xiii. 179 No one knows what I have had to endure from the metromaniacs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	metromaniac
释义	† metromaniacadj.n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form¹, maniac adj. Etymology: As adjective < metro- comb. form¹ + maniac adj., after metromania n.¹; as noun probably independently < metro- comb. form¹ + -maniac comb. form, after metromania n.¹ Compare French métromane, noun (1711). Obsolete. A. adj. Relating to or affected with metromania. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > composing verse > mania for metromaniac1830 1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry I. 183 On a sudden [Bodmer] seemed to have acquired the facility of versification, and to display it with almost metromaniac eagerness. B. n. A person with a mania for writing poetry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > metromaniac metromaniac1867 1867 Catholic World June 291 Nero especially, imperial artist and metromaniac, seems to have honestly regarded these exercises as one of the glories of his reign. 1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) xiii. 179 No one knows what I have had to endure from the metromaniacs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1830
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