mania, manie

[Lat. mania, from Greek mania =madne , frenzy, from the same root as Gr. menos mind, spirit; Eng. mind, .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Madne , frenzy; intense excitement. 2. A vehement desire or longing for something; a craze; as, to have a mania for collecting old china, . II. Mental Pathol .: A disorder of the impulses or propensities ending in disordered intellect with excitement. The mind is usually a complete chaos, and kindne or affection only seems to irritate, involved, differing thus from monomania. The eight inches. The body is thick and stout, the fur IMG:content-0903.png:[blocks in formation] măn-goûste, s. [Fr., from mungoos , the name of the animal in various Indian languages.] Zool .: Herpestes (Viverra, Linn.) ichneumon. [ICHNEUMON.] potu. maniac ma-ni-ăc, *mā-ni-ak, a . & 8. [Fr. maniaque , as if from a Lat. maniac us , from mania =madne ; Sp., Port. & Ital. maniaco .] A. As adj.: Raving with madne ; having a disordered intellect; mad, crazy, lunatic. B. As subst.: One who has a disordered intellect; a madman, a lunatic. ma-ni-a-cal, a. [Eng. maniac; -al.] The same as MANIAC, a. (q. v.) "Epilepsis and maniacal lunacies usually conform to the age of the moon."-Grew: Cosmo. Sacra.