manic

See also: Manic and manić

English

Etymology

From mania +‎ -ic; Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós). Doublet of maniac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmænɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: man‧ic
• Rhymes: -ænɪk

Adjective

manic (comparative more manic, superlative most manic)

1. Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked.
   • 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn’t disappoint”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London, archived from the original on 20 January 2017:

     Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC's misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But [Danny] Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxiety.

2. (psychiatry) Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

Derived terms

• manic-depressant
• manic depression
• manic-depression
• manic-depressive
• manic depressive
• manic-depressiveness
• manic pixie dream girl

 

Translations

of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 躁狂 (zh) (zàokuáng), 狂躁 (zh) (kuángzào)

• Czech: manický
• Finnish: maaninen (fi)
• French: maniaque (fr) m or f, allumé (fr)
• Galician: maníaco, maniático
• German: übersteigert (de), überdreht (de), überschäumend (de)
• Greek: μανιακός (el) m (maniakós)
• Italian: maniaco (it)
• Portuguese: maníaco (pt)
• Romanian: maniac (ro) m
• Russian: маниака́льный (ru) (maniakálʹnyj)
• Spanish: maniático (es)
• Turkish: manyak (tr)

suffering from mania

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂躁症

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: maaninen (fi)
• French: maniaque (fr) m or f
• Galician: maníaco, maniático
• German: manisch (de), maniakalisch (obsolete)
• Italian: maniaco (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manisk

  Nynorsk: manisk

• Portuguese: maníaco (pt)
• Russian: маниака́льный (ru) (maniakálʹnyj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: manisk (sv)
• Turkish: manyak (tr)

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• German: ^{(please verify)} manisch (de)

Noun

manic (plural manics)

1. A person exhibiting mania.

Anagrams

• NICAM, macin, minac