"maniac" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪniˌæk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-maniac.wav [Southern-England] Forms: maniacs [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniæk Etymology: From mania + -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). Doublet of manic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men-|id=think}}, {{suffix|en|mania|ac}} mania + -ac, {{bor|en|fr|maniaque}} French maniaque, {{der|en|LL.|maniacus}} Late Latin maniacus, {{der|en|grc|μανιακός}} Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), {{m|grc|μανία||madness}} μανία (manía, “madness”), {{doublet|en|manic}} Doublet of manic Head templates: {{en-noun}} maniac (plural maniacs)
  1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania. Categories (topical): Stock characters Translations (insane person): մոլագար (molagar) (Armenian), մանյակ (manyak) (Armenian), манья́к (manʹják) [masculine] (Belarusian), манья́чка (manʹjáčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), маниа́к (maniák) [masculine] (Bulgarian), maníac (Catalan), 瘋子 (Chinese Mandarin), 疯子 (fēngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 狂人 (kuángrén) (Chinese Mandarin), maniak [masculine] (Czech), maniak [masculine] (Dutch), waanzinnige (Dutch), dolleman (Dutch), maniulo (Esperanto), maanikko (Finnish), maniaque [feminine, masculine] (French), Irrer [masculine] (German), Irre [feminine] (German), μανιακός (maniakós) [masculine] (Greek), משוגע \ מְשֻׁגָּע (m'shugá) [masculine] (Hebrew), מַנְיַאק (man'iyak) [masculine, slang, vulgar] (Hebrew), maniaco (Italian), 狂人 (kyōjin) (alt: きょうじん) (Japanese), mũgũrũki [class-1] (Kikuyu), 광인 (gwang'in) (alt: 狂人) (Korean), манијак (manijak) [masculine] (Macedonian), دیوانه (divâne) (Persian), اُسکُل (oskol) (Persian), maniak [masculine] (Polish), maniaczka [feminine] (Polish), maníaco [masculine] (Portuguese), maniac (Romanian), манья́к (manʹják) [masculine] (Russian), манья́чка (manʹjáčka) [feminine] (Russian), ма̀нија̄к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mànijāk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), maniak [masculine] (Slovak), manijak [masculine] (Slovene), maníaco [masculine] (Spanish), maniaco [masculine] (Spanish), maniker [common-gender] (Swedish), manyak (Turkish), манія́к (maniják) [masculine] (Ukrainian), манія́чка (manijáčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-maniac-en-noun-cCLbCh3M Disambiguation of Stock characters: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ac Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ac: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'insane person': 73 27
  2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession. Categories (topical): People, Personality Translations (fanatic, obsessive): մոլագար (molagar) (Armenian), մանյակ (manyak) (Armenian), maniàtic (Catalan), 狂熱分子 (Chinese Mandarin), 狂热分子 (kuángrè fènzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), -迷 (-mí) [suffix] (Chinese Mandarin), maniak [masculine] (Czech), maniak [masculine] (Dutch), fanaatikko (Finnish), kiihkoilija (Finnish), maniaque [feminine, masculine] (French), cinglé [masculine] (French), cinglée [feminine] (French), μανιακός (maniakós) [masculine] (Greek), מַנְיַאק (man'iyak) [masculine, slang, vulgar] (Hebrew), -mániás (Hungarian), -őrült (Hungarian), -bolond (Hungarian), maniaco (Italian), maniak [masculine] (Polish), maniaczka [feminine] (Polish), maníaco [masculine] (Portuguese), манья́к (manʹják) [masculine] (Russian), манья́чка (manʹjáčka) [feminine] (Russian), maniático (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-maniac-en-noun-~spd8eZf Disambiguation of People: 39 61 Disambiguation of Personality: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'fanatic, obsessive': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: madling, maniack [obsolete] Derived forms: brainiac, trainiac Related terms: -maniac, mania, maniacal

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          "sense": "insane person",
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          "sense": "insane person",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "maniakós",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "μανιακός"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "m'shugá",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "משוגע \\ מְשֻׁגָּע"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "man'iyak",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
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            "vulgar"
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          "word": "מַנְיַאק"
        },
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          "sense": "insane person",
          "word": "maniaco"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwang'in",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "word": "광인"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "manijak",
          "sense": "insane person",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "манијак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "divâne",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "word": "دیوانه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "oskol",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "word": "اُسکُل"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "insane person",
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maníaco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "word": "maniac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "manʹják",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "манья́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "manʹjáčka",
          "sense": "insane person",
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          ],
          "word": "манья́чка"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "insane person",
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          "word": "ма̀нија̄к"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "insane person",
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          "word": "mànijāk"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "maniak"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "manijak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "maníaco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "maniaco"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "insane person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "maniker"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
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          "sense": "insane person",
          "word": "manyak"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "roman": "molagar",
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          "word": "մոլագար"
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        {
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "manyak",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "word": "մանյակ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "word": "maniàtic"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "word": "狂熱分子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuángrè fènzǐ",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "word": "狂热分子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "-mí",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "tags": [
            "suffix"
          ],
          "word": "-迷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maniak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maniak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "word": "fanaatikko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "word": "kiihkoilija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maniaque"
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "21 79",
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        },
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          ],
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            "vulgar"
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          "_dis1": "21 79",
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        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "21 79",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "21 79",
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        "General-American"
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    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from French",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    "Rhymes:English/eɪniæk/3 syllables",
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    "en:Personality",
    "en:Stock characters"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "molagar",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "մոլագար"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "manyak",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "մանյակ"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манья́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "manʹjáčka",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "манья́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "maniák",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "маниа́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "maníac"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "瘋子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngzi",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "疯子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuángrén",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "狂人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "waanzinnige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "dolleman"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "maniulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "maanikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniaque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Irrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irre"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "maniakós",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μανιακός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "m'shugá",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "משוגע \\ מְשֻׁגָּע"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "man'iyak",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "מַנְיַאק"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "maniaco"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōjin",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "狂人"
    },
    {
      "code": "ki",
      "lang": "Kikuyu",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "class-1"
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      "word": "mũgũrũki"
    },
    {
      "alt": "狂人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwang'in",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "광인"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "manijak",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манијак"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "divâne",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "دیوانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "oskol",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "اُسکُل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maniaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maníaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "maniac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "manʹják",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манья́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "manʹjáčka",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "манья́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма̀нија̄к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mànijāk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manijak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maníaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "maniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "manyak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "maniják",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манія́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "manijáčka",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "манія́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "molagar",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "մոլագար"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "manyak",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "մանյակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "maniàtic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "狂熱分子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuángrè fènzǐ",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "狂热分子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "-mí",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "suffix"
      ],
      "word": "-迷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "fanaatikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "kiihkoilija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniaque"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cinglé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinglée"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "maniakós",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μανιακός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "man'iyak",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "מַנְיַאק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "-mániás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "-őrült"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "-bolond"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "maniaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maniaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maníaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "manʹják",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манья́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "manʹjáčka",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "манья́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fanatic, obsessive",
      "word": "maniático"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maniac"
}

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