• Monomaniac

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /ËŒmÉ’nəʊˈmeɪnɪæk/
    • US IPA: /ËŒmÉ‘noʊˈmeɪnɪæk/
    • Rhymes: -eɪnɪæk

    Full definition of monomaniac

    Noun

    monomaniac

    (plural monomaniacs)
    1. A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.

    Synonyms

    Adjective

    monomaniac
    1. Focussed on one thing above all others.
      • 1851 — Herman Melville, , Ch. 133...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.
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