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Definition: Maniacal |
ManiacalAdjective1. Wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "maniacal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Synonym: ManiacalSynonym: maniac(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insanity | Maniacal; delirious, lightheaded, incoherent, rambling, doting, wandering; frantic, raving, stark staring mad, stark raving mad, wild-eyed, berserk; delusional, hallucinatory. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Maniacal |
| English words defined with "maniacal": maniac, maniacally. (references) |
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Screenplays | It's the psychic force that holds the man together, this maniacal precision. (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein) But Wang, a maniacal botanist whose organ was devoured by a crazed Penis Flytrap, could not tolerate the existence of so much pleasure, and so, banding together an army of the impotent and frustrated, and armed with a small but effective sex ray, plunged my palace into carnal chaos, and took it over. (Flesh Gordon; writing credit: Michael Benveniste) | |
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 | Crazy; laugh; insane; insanity; bonkers; cracked; crazed; cuckoo; daft; delirious; demented; deranged; lunatic; mad; maniacal; mental; nuts; nutty; psycho; screw loose; screwball; screwy; unbalanced; unglued; unhinged; unzipped; wacky; whacko. |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Let them do the idiotic and maniacal hooting for men. |
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| "Maniacal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Maniacal" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 27 | 66,962 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "maniacal": maniacal rage. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
maniacal | 14 |
maniacal marketing | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "maniacal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مجنون (barmy, bedlam, bonkers, crazy, daft, demented, dotty, fool, insane, mad, madcap, maniac, nut, off one's nut, out of one's head, out of one's mind, scatty, screwy, tomfool, up the pole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 疯狂 (AMOK, Amuck, Craziness, Crazy, demented, frenzied, Frenzies, frenzy, insane, insanity, mad, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | manisk delirium (maniacal delirium), raserianfald (fury, maniacal fury), chorea maniacalis (maniacal chorea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | razernij (frenzy, maniacal fury, rabies), grootheidswaanzin (delusion of grandeur, depressive enormity delirium, descent delusion, maniacal delirium, megalomania), delirium manicum (maniacal delirium), delirium furibundum (frenzy, maniacal fury), chorea maniacalis (maniacal chorea), chorea insaniens (maniacal chorea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maniaque (maniac, manic), fou (mad, madcap, madman, maniac). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wahnsinnig (brilliant, crazed, crazy, delirious, deliriously, demented, frantic, frenzied, incredibly, insane, lunatic, mad, madly, maniac, nuts, psychotically, raving, terrific). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μανιακόσ (crank, maniac). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mániákus (hipped, manic, obsessive), tébolyodott (crazed, demented, unbalanced, unhinged), elmebajos (crazed, dement, insane, lunatic, sicko), őrjöngő (berserk, frantic, frenzied, maniac, rampageous, raving), őrültségi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | maniacale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 미치" (lunatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | baanragh (distracting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aniacalmay maníaco (crazy, faddy, magic, maniac, manicure, moonstruck), louco (as far as, brain sick, bughouse, crack-brained, crazed, crazy, delirious, demented, distress, fey, fool, foolish, frenetic, insane, locomotion, lunatic, mad, madman, maniac, nuts, nutshell, phrenetic, raving, wacky), alienado (alienated, bedlamite, insane, madman, manic, non-acceptance). (various references) маниакальный (maniac, manic). (various references) maniático (crank, faddish, fanatic, fanatical, maniac, nut), maníaco (maniac, manic). (various references) manyak (dippy, maniac, manic, wacky), çılgın (berserk, bonkers, crackpot, crazed, crazy, delirious, demented, demon, demoniac, desperado, distracted, foolhardy, frenetic, frenzied, insane, kook, kooky, lunatic, mad, moonstruck, nut, phrenetic, possessed, raving, rip roaring, ripsnorter, scatty, wild). (various references) схиблений (crazed, crazy, crazy about, mad, maniac, nuts), маніакальний (maniac, phrenetic). (various references) cu"ng (mad, tearing), điên (bedlamite, brain-sick, crazily, demented, insane, mad, screw-ball). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "maniacal": maniacally. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "maniacal": bibliomaniacal, dipsomaniacal, egomaniacal, megalomaniacal, monomaniacal, nymphomaniacal, pyromaniacal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "maniacal": egomaniacally, megalomaniacally, monomaniacally. (additional references) | |
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"Maniacal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mainace, Manacca, manical, Mankaba, Mansaka, Mcnicoll, menaical, Mendizabal, meniacal, minical, minicell, moniacal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "maniacal" (pronounced munī"ukul) |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, nautical, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, reciprocal, satirical, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-m-n" | |
-1 letter: almanac. | |
-2 letters: animal, caiman, calami, camail, lamina, maniac, manila. | |
-3 letters: amain, amnia, amnic, anima, canal, claim, lamia, lanai, liana, liman, linac, malic, mania, manic. | |
-4 letters: alan, alma, amia, amin, anal, anil, cain, calm, clam, clan, laic, lain, lama, lima, limn, mail, main, mana, mica, mina, nail. | |
-5 letters: aal, ail, aim, ain, ala, ama, ami, ana, ani, cam, can, lac, lam, lin, mac, man, mil, nam, nil, nim. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-m-n" | |
+2 letters: ammoniacal, anatomical, animalcula, catamenial, maniacally. | |
+3 letters: acclamation, analemmatic, egomaniacal. | |
+4 letters: acclamations, anatomically, charlatanism, decalcomania, megalomaniac, monomaniacal, pyromaniacal. | |
+5 letters: aerodynamical, charlatanisms, decalcomanias, dipsomaniacal, egomaniacally, galactosamine, megalomaniacs, panoramically, ungrammatical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 69 61 63 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. .. .- -.-. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n i a c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 0069 0061 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767807567696778 |
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