maniacal

From maniac +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /məˈnaɪək(ə)l/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəkəl

maniacal (comparative more maniacal, superlative most maniacal)

1. Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.
   • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 155:

     He suddenly exploded into about three seconds of maniacal laughter and stopped again.

• maniacally
• metromaniacal
• monomaniacal

• Calamian

Borrowed from French maniacal.

maniacal m or n (feminine singular maniacală, masculine plural maniacali, feminine and neuter plural maniacale)

1. maniacal