Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

automaniac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-ma-ni-ac
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who is self-involved to the point of mental illness.

noun

An enthusiast of automobiles and motoring.

noun

Example Sentences

"A foolish dissipation, ending in broken rest, depleted purses, broken laws, broken automobiles, and broken bones.[…] Is the cost not heavy enough to bring even an automaniac to his senses?"
"There seems to be need of a term to designate these new terrors of our streets, those speed crazed paranoiacs who are now doing so much to bring the automobile into disrepute.[…] The word “automaniac,” suggested by The Horseless Age, seems quite appropriate[…] Why not adopt the name “automania” for the disease and the automaniac to designate the person afflicted by it?"

Etymology

Of auto- (“oneself”) + -maniac (“one who experiences obsession”). Attested from the 19th century.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto-, auto
Suffix: -maniac

Inflected Forms

automaniacs (plural)

Rhymes With

maniac brainiac nymphomaniac megalomaniac egomaniac pyromaniac kleptomaniac dipsomaniac monomaniac logomaniac bibliomaniac anthomaniac

Questions

What does automaniac mean?: A person who is self-involved to the point of mental illness.
Where does automaniac come from?: Of auto- (“oneself”) + -maniac (“one who experiences obsession”). Attested from the 19th century.

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