*mania*

n. One affected with Anglomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + mani`a madness. ] A extravagant fondness for flowers. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; madness: cf. F. bibliomanie. ] A mania for acquiring books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has a mania for books. -- a. Relating to a bibliomaniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] See Kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Dalman, the geologist. ] (Paleon.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. décalcomanie. ] The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

n. [ Demon + mania. ] A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; thirst + &unr_; mania. ] (Med.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to dipsomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to a domain or to domains. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'eleu`qeros free + E. mania. ] A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mad for freedom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Galli Gauls + mania madness. ] An excessive admiration of what is French. -- Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ NL. See Icon, and Mania. ] A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. kle`pths thief + E. mania. ] A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected with kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kloph` theft + E. mania. ] See Kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mania, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to rage; cf. OE. manie, F. manie. Cf. Mind, n., Necromancy. ] 1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mania a potu [ L. ], madness from drinking; delirium tremens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insanity; derangement; madness; lunacy; alienation; aberration; delirium; frenzy. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. manier to manage, fr. L. manus hand. ] Manageable. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. maniaque. See Mania. ] Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A raving lunatic; a madman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac. -- Ma*ni"a*cal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ NL., fr. megalo- + mania. ] (Pathol.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Suffering from megalomania. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; measure + E. mania. ] A mania for writing verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has metromania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + mania. ] Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected by monomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. monomaniaque. ] Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Music + mania: cf. F. musicomanie. ] (Med.) A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Musicomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An abnormal attraction to dead bodies.
Syn. -- necrophilia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ny`mfh a bride + mani`a madness. ] (Med.) An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman afflicted with nymphomania. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. o'i^nos wine + &unr_; mania. ] (Med.) (a) Delirium tremens. Rayer. (b) Dipsomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See oenomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pert. to Panama. -- n. A native or citizen of Panama. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Phyllo- + mania. ] (Bot.) An abnormal or excessive production of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ F. potichomanie; potiche a porcelain vase + manie mania. ] The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a fern + E. mania. ] A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns. [ R. ] C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + mania. ] An insane disposition to incendiarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Written also Rumanian and Romanian. ] [ From Roumania, the name of the country, Roumanian România, fr. Român Roumanian, L. Romanus Roman. ] Of or pertaining to Roumania. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An inhabitant of Roumania; also, the language of Roumania, one of the Romance or Romanic languages descended from Latin, but containing many words from other languages, as Slavic, Turkish, and Greek. [ Written also Rumanian and Romanian. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The faith or system of the Sandemanians. A. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]