Maniac: alternatives and connections

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

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Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

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An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.

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Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

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See Luny.

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A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

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One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman;…

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One who is governed by fancy.

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One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are suffer…

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Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.

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Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.

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Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.

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Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.

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