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Definition of Monomaniac
1. Noun. A person suffering from monomania.
Definition of Monomaniac
1. n. A person affected by monomania.
2. a. Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.
Definition of Monomaniac
1. Noun. A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns. ¹
2. Adjective. Focussed on one thing above all others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monomaniac
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Medical Definition of Monomaniac
1. A person affected by monomania. See: monomaniacal. (14 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monomaniac
Literary usage of Monomaniac
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"Thus, the ambitious, cheerful monomaniac will imagine himself a monarch on his
throne; a melancholy one, on the contrary, though he may possess the same ..."
2. Law of Wills, Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1915)
"American Cases stated where the Will of a monomaniac was not sustained. On the
other 'hand are numerous decisions, whe.re the will of a monomaniac was ..."
3. A History of Dreams, Visions, Apparitions, Ecstasy, Magnetism, and Somnabulism (1855)
"... attributed—Division of dementia into monomaniac and maniac, complete and
senile—Abstract of hallucinations in dementia —Case of monomaniac dementia—Case ..."
4. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1882)
"The conveyance or agreement of л monomaniac will bo defeated or set aside if it
is the result of his insane delusion.' In Martin v. Gale, Id., 4 Ch. D. 428, ..."
5. Cases on the American Law of Contract by Reuben Moore Benjamin, A. J. Messing (1911)
"Contract of monomaniac. BURGESS v. POLLOCK. 188o. 53 Iowa 273, 5 NW 179. ...
We have, then, the question as to whether the deed of a monomaniac can be set ..."
6. The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: In Their Application to the by Frank Sumner Rice (1894)
"monomaniac and Insane Delusions Considered.—"Monomania may operate as an excuse
for a criminal act," when the "delusion is such that the person under its ..."
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