maniac
pronunciation
How to pronounce maniac in British English:
UK [ ˈmeɪniæk]
How to pronounce maniac in American English:
US [ ˈmeɪniæk]
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- Noun:
- an insane person
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- Adjective:
- wildly disordered
Word Origin
- maniac (adj.)
- c. 1600, "pertaining to mania; insane," from French maniaque (14c.), from Late Latin maniacus, from Greek maniakos, from mania (see mania). Borrowed at first in French form; Latinized in English from 1727. The noun is attested from 1763, from the adjective.
Example
- 1. He drove like a maniac .
- 2. Walters who was an engineer before he was paralyzed started to draw like a maniac .
- 3. He realises , you sense , that he 's the sock puppet of a maniac .
- 4. Some call nigeria africa 's slumbering giant . It more often behaves like the continent 's suicidal maniac .
- 5. I managed to grab the balcony of the apartment below , but some maniac came out and started pounding on my fingers with a hammer .