manic
English
/ˈmænɪk/
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked.
- (psychiatry) Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
Etymology
Suffix from English mania (obsession).
Origin
English
mania
Gloss
obsession
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Illyromania English
- antimanic English
- hypermania English
- hypomanic English
- mania English
- mania-like English
- maniaphobe English
- maniaphobia English
- manically English
- manicky English
- melomania English
- monomania English
- nonmanic English
- pseudomanic English
- mania Latin
- マニア Japanese