Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maniac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maniac \Ma"ni*ac\, a. [F. maniaque. See {Mania}.]
Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect;
affected with mania; mad.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maniac \Ma"ni*ac\, n.
A raving lunatic; a madman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maniac
adj : wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy" [syn: {maniacal}, {maniac(p)}]
n : an insane person [syn: {lunatic}, {madman}]
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