maniacal
/məˈnaɪək(ə)l/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "He suddenly exploded into about three seconds of maniacal laughter and stopped again."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ f (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ᾰκός (-ăkós) Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós)bor. Late Latin maniacuslbor. French maniaquebor. English maniac English -al English maniacal From maniac + -al.
Inflected Forms
more maniacal (comparative)
most maniacal (superlative)