μανιακός — meaning in English

English meaning

• mad adj Angry or annoyed.
• maniac noun Someone who is mentally unstable, especially a person suffering from a mania.
• manic adj Showing the abnormally high energy, excitement, or agitation typical of mania.

Senses

μανιακός is used for these senses in English:

• mad (chiefly, British Isles) Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
• mad (slang, chiefly, _, New York, AAVE) Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.

mad — full definition

1. adj Angry or annoyed.
2. adj Mentally ill or seriously irrational; insane.
3. adj Extremely enthusiastic about something; infatuated.
4. adj (informal) Used to mean a large amount or a high degree of something.

maniac — full definition

1. noun Someone who is mentally unstable, especially a person suffering from a mania.
2. noun A person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, to an obsessive degree.
3. noun Short for sex maniac.

Related Greek words