English
Pronunciation
IPA|/�m�n��'meɪnɪæk/ (RP)
IPA|/�m�no�'meɪnɪæk/ (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪnɪæk|-eɪnɪæk
Noun
en-noun
#A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.
Synonyms
(person obsessed): fanatic
Quotations
1873 � w:Horatio Alger|Horatio Alger, s:Bound to Rise|Bound to Rise, Ch. X
:Harry knew now that the old man was crazy, or at least a monomaniac, and, though he seemed harmless enough, it was of course possible that he might be dangerous.
1890 � w:Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle, s:The Firm of Girdlestone|The Firm of Girdlestone, Ch. 44
:He had never yet been able to determine whether the old man was a consummate hypocrite or a religious monomaniac.
Adjective
monomaniac
#focus|Focussed on one thing above all others.
Quotations
1851 � w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, s:Moby Dick|Moby Dick, Ch. 133
:...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.
Related terms
monomania
monomaniacal
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