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maniacal
What does maniacal mean?
maniacal (adjective): wildly disordered.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use maniacal in a sentence?
- A maniacal frenzy. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce maniacal?
/məˈnaɪəkəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does maniacal come from?
From maniac + -al.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to maniacal
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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physically active
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wildly disordered
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informal; relaxed
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uneasy or anxious
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