"megalomaniac" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-megalomaniac.wav Forms: more megalomaniac [comparative], most megalomaniac [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪniæk Etymology: From megalomania + -ac. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|megalomania|ac}} megalomania + -ac Head templates: {{en-adj}} megalomaniac (comparative more megalomaniac, superlative most megalomaniac)
  1. Of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania. Categories (topical): People Translations (of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania): megalòman [masculine] (Catalan), megalòmana [feminine] (Catalan), megalomanský (Czech), suuruudenhullu (Finnish), mégalomane (French), größenwahnsinnig (German), megaloman (German), μεγαλομανής (megalomanís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), stormannsgal (Norwegian), megalomaniczny (Polish), megaloman (Romanian), storhetsvansinnig (Swedish), megaloman (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-megalomaniac-en-adj-q7tuugZb Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ac Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ac: 45 55

Noun

IPA: /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-megalomaniac.wav Forms: megalomaniacs [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniæk Etymology: From megalomania + -ac. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|megalomania|ac}} megalomania + -ac Head templates: {{en-noun}} megalomaniac (plural megalomaniacs)
  1. One affected with or exhibiting megalomania. Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Translations (one affected with or exhibiting megalomania): megalòman [masculine] (Catalan), megalòmana [feminine] (Catalan), 誇大狂 (Chinese Mandarin), 夸大狂 (kuādàkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), megaloman [masculine] (Czech), grootheidswaanzinnig (Dutch), megalomaan (Dutch), megalomaniulo (Esperanto), suurushull (Estonian), suuruudenhullu (Finnish), mégalomane [feminine, masculine] (French), Größenwahnsinniger [masculine] (German), Größenwahnsinnige [feminine] (German), megalomániás (Hungarian), megaloman (Northern Kurdish), megaloman [masculine] (Polish), megalomanka [feminine] (Polish), megalomaníaco [masculine] (Portuguese), megaloman [masculine] (Romanian), megalomană [feminine] (Romanian), мегаломаньяк (megalomanʹjak) (Russian), storhetsvansinnig (english: person c) (Swedish), megaloman (Turkish)
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      "ipa": "/ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniæk/"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalòman"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "誇大狂"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "kuādàkuáng",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "夸大狂"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megaloman"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "grootheidswaanzinnig"
    },
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      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
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    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "suurushull"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "suuruudenhullu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mégalomane"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Größenwahnsinniger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Größenwahnsinnige"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "megalomániás"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "megaloman"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megaloman"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megalomaníaco"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "megaloman"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "megalomană"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "мегаломаньяк"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "storhetsvansinnig"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one affected with or exhibiting megalomania",
      "word": "megaloman"
    }
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  "word": "megalomaniac"
}

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "megalòmana"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "megalomanský"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "suuruudenhullu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "mégalomane"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "größenwahnsinnig"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "megaloman"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "megalomanís",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μεγαλομανής"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "stormannsgal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "megalomaniczny"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "megaloman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "storhetsvansinnig"
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      "sense": "of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania",
      "word": "megaloman"
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  "word": "megalomaniac"
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