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Definition of Monomaniacs
1. monomaniac [n] - See also: monomaniac
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monomaniacs
Literary usage of Monomaniacs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence by Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé (1860)
"Mischief to society if monomaniacs are suffered to go at large, § 270. Necessity of
restraint, § 271. (3.) FOR EXAMPLE, § 272. ..."
2. Mysteries of Washington City: During Several Months of the Session of the by Caleb Atwater, A citizen of Ohio (1844)
"No authority in the constitution td remove it.—monomaniacs, one who ...
Other monomaniacs equally crazy.—LOCAL INFORMATION. THE chief clerks, such as ..."
3. The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany (1843)
"Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, on the Responsibility of monomaniacs
for the Crime of Murder. By JAMES STARK, MD, &c. ..."
4. The Phrenological Journal, and Magazine of Moral Science (1843)
"Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, on the Responsibility of monomaniacs
for the Crime of Murder. By JAMES STARK, MD, &c-—The object of this ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1830)
"Of 366 males, 40 per cent . were maniacs, 38 per cent. monomaniacs, and 22
demented ; while of 258 females, 31 per cent . were maniacs, ..."
6. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1846)
"... the idea that nine tenths of all diseases are dependent on parasitical animals
or worms; an idea, we believe, not unusual amongst medical monomaniacs. ..."