MANIC
What does "MANIC" mean?
Showing wild, excited, or frenzied energy or activity.
Meanings
- Relating to or affected by mania; abnormally elevated in mood and energy. He was in a manic phase, talking faster than anyone could follow. technical
- Frantically busy or full of wild energy. The kitchen was manic during the dinner rush. informal
Did you know?
- The clinical pairing 'manic-depressive' traces to psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin around 1899; it was the standard name for what we now call bipolar disorder for most of a century.
Word origin
From 'mania' plus '-ic', ultimately from Greek 'mania' (madness); the term 'manic-depressive' was coined by psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin around 1899.
Remember it
MANIC = MAN + IC: picture a man too wired to sit still, capped with the '-ic' of a condition.
A little poem
Ten plans by noon, each brighter than the last-
and dusk arrives to ask which one will hold fast.
couplet
Wordplay
- My to-do list went manic and started doing itself — now even my procrastination has a deadline.
What it teaches
Speed feels like progress right up to the moment it outruns the road.
Quick facts
What does MANIC mean?
Showing wild, excited, or frenzied energy or activity.
Is MANIC a valid word?
Yes — MANIC is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MANIC?
MANIC has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MANIC come from?
From 'mania' plus '-ic', ultimately from Greek 'mania' (madness); the term 'manic-depressive' was coined by psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin around 1899.
What can MANIC teach us?
Speed feels like progress right up to the moment it outruns the road.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.