maniacal

From maniac +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /məˈnaɪək(ə)l/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəkəl

maniacal (comparative more maniacal, superlative most maniacal)

1. Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.
   • 1867, Henry Maudsley, The Physiology and Pathology of the Mind‎^[1], New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 318:

     In other cases of moral alienation there will be found to have been more or less congenital moral defect, with maniacal exacerbations of positive moral insanity occurring perhaps at puberty, perhaps at the menstrual periods, perhaps after severe disappointment.

   • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 155:

     He suddenly exploded into about three seconds of maniacal laughter and stopped again.

• Calamian

From maniaque +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ma.nja.kal/

maniacal (feminine maniacale, masculine plural maniacaux, feminine plural maniacales)

1. maniacal

• → Romanian: maniacal

• “maniacal” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

Borrowed from French maniacal.

maniacal m or n (feminine singular maniacală, masculine plural maniacali, feminine and neuter plural maniacale)

1. maniacal