"-maniac" meaning in English

See -maniac in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: See maniac. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men-|id=think}} Head templates: {{head|en|suffixes}} -maniac
  1. Indicating a person who experiences a type of compulsion or obsession. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -mane Derived forms: egomaniac, kleptomaniac, megalomaniac, monomaniac, Muslimaniac, mythomaniac, nymphomaniac, pyromaniac Related terms: -mania, maniac Translations (indicating a person who experiences compulsion): -man (Catalan), -man [common-gender] (Danish), -mane (French), -mane (Italian), -man [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), -man [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), -maníaco [masculine] (Portuguese), -mani (Sicilian), -mano (Spanish)
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