"maniacal" meaning in English

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      "form": "more maniacal",
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          "word": "maniacally"
        },
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          "word": "metromaniacal"
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          "word": "monomaniacal"
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        "Like a maniac; insane; frenzied."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "maniakalen",
          "sense": "like a maniac",
          "word": "маниакален"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "like a maniac",
          "word": "maníac"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "like a maniac",
          "word": "maniacal"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "like a maniac",
          "word": "maniacale"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "like a maniac",
          "word": "maniaco"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "like a maniac",
          "word": "maníaco"
        }
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      "word": "maniacally"
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      "word": "metromaniacal"
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      "form": "more maniacal",
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        "Like a maniac; insane; frenzied."
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "maniakalen",
      "sense": "like a maniac",
      "word": "маниакален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "like a maniac",
      "word": "maníac"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "like a maniac",
      "word": "maniacal"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "like a maniac",
      "word": "maniacale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "like a maniac",
      "word": "maniaco"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "like a maniac",
      "word": "maníaco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maniacal"
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