MANIA
What does "MANIA" mean?
A state of intense excitement, enthusiasm, or mental disturbance.
Meanings
- A mental state of abnormally elevated mood, energy, and activity, often part of bipolar disorder. During a manic episode his mania kept him awake for days. technical
- An excessive, often shared enthusiasm or craze for something. Tulip mania gripped the Dutch markets.
Did you know?
- The same Greek word that names a clinical state also spawned a suffix: '-mania' tacks onto kleptomania, pyromania, and even Beatlemania, the 1960s craze coined to describe fans' frenzy.
Word origin
From Greek 'mania' (madness, frenzy), related to 'mainesthai' (to rage); via Late Latin into English, also the source of the suffix '-mania'.
Remember it
MANIA hides 'MAN I A...' — a racing, breathless thought that never quite finishes.
A little poem
The mind a city with the lights left on,
every window blazing into dawn-
and no one there to say the day is gone.
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What it teaches
Boundless energy and a loss of brakes can look the same until the road bends.
Quick facts
What does MANIA mean?
A state of intense excitement, enthusiasm, or mental disturbance.
Is MANIA a valid word?
Yes — MANIA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MANIA?
MANIA has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does MANIA come from?
From Greek 'mania' (madness, frenzy), related to 'mainesthai' (to rage); via Late Latin into English, also the source of the suffix '-mania'.
What can MANIA teach us?
Boundless energy and a loss of brakes can look the same until the road bends.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.