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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an insane person;
[syn: lunatic, madman, maniac]

2. a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. wildly disordered;
- Example: "a maniacal frenzy"
[syn: maniacal, maniac(p)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maniac \Ma"ni*ac\, a. [F. maniaque. See Mania.]
   Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect;
   affected with mania; mad.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

maniac \ma"ni*ac\, n.
   A raving lunatic; a madman.
   [1913 Webster]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "maniac":
   aliene, batty, bedlamite, berserk, borderline case, crackbrain,
   cracked, crackpot, crazed, crazy, delirious, dement, demented,
   demoniac, deranged, energumen, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend,
   flake, fou, frantic, freak, frenetic, frenzied, furious, idiot,
   kook, loon, loony, lunatic, mad, madman, meshuggenah, non compos,
   noncompos, nut, phrenetic, psychopath, psychotic, rabid, raging,
   ranting, raving lunatic, screwball, unsound, violent, weirdo, wild,
   zealot