Definitions for maniac

maniac ma·ni·ac

Spelling: [mey-nee-ak]
IPA: /ˈmeɪ niˌæk/

Maniac is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in maniac (aacimn).

Definitions for maniac

noun

  1. a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
  2. any intemperate or overly zealous or enthusiastic person:

adjective

  1. maniacal.

Origin of maniac

First recorded in 1595-1605, maniac is from the Medieval Latin word maniacus of, pertaining to madness. See mania, -ac

Examples for maniac

I dragged her down to the sea with the strength of a maniac and sprang in.

My son and I were sitting there when he was driving away at the end like a maniac.

Aside from his god Science he was a maniac—inhuman, cruel, unreasoning.

For as much as Walter was a maniac, he was at the forefront of printing art.

The maniac suspects then killed another person in a Walmart, and then themselves.

If it were not for Kirsty, I should be in my grave, or wandering the earth a maniac.

Blinded with rage, he had begun beating about the room like a maniac.

They crave the spectacular drama of innocent death, and their evil calls to mind names like madman, maniac, fanatic, and monster.

Her hair fell from its knot, and her eyes began to blaze like the eyes of a maniac.

Tom Sizemore is, it seems, no longer a maniac—but he's convinced he can still play one onscreen.

Word Value for maniac
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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