Mania

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 62

mā′ni-a, n. violent madne : insanity: exce ive or unreasonable desire.— n. Mā′niac , a person affected with mania: a madman.— adj. raving mad.— adj. Maniacal (ma-nī′a-kal). — adv. Manī′acally . [L.,—Gr. mania ; cf. menos , mind.]