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manie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bug noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
  • cacoethes noun Compulsion; mania.
  • mania noun A period of abnormally high energy, excitement, or irritable mood, as seen in bipolar disorder.
  • mannerism noun A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.

Senses

manie is used for these senses in English:

  • mania compulsion or obsession.
  • bee in one's bonnet (idiomatic) Something of particular interest or concern; an obsession.
  • bug (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
  • cacoethes Compulsion; mania.
  • mania Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
  • mannerism A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.

bug — full definition

  1. noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
  2. noun An error or flaw in a computer program or piece of software.
  3. noun A minor, usually short-lived illness, or the germ that causes it.
  4. noun A hidden device used to secretly record or transmit conversations.
  5. verb To annoy or irritate someone.

cacoethes — full definition

  1. noun Compulsion; mania.
  2. noun A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

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