Syn. — Insanity; derangement; madness; lunacy; alienation; aberration; delirium; frenzy. See Insanity.
Maniable
(Man"i*a*ble) a. [F., fr. manier to manage, fr. L. manus hand.] Manageable. [Obs.] Bacon.
Maniac
(Ma"ni*ac) a. [F. maniaque. See Mania.] Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected
with mania; mad.
Maniac
(Ma"ni*ac) n. A raving lunatic; a madman.
Maniacal
(Ma*ni"a*cal) a. Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac. — Ma*ni"a*cal*ly, adv.
Manicate
(Man"i*cate) a. [L. manicatus sleeved, fr. manica a sleeve.] (Bot.) Covered with hairs or
pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
Manichæan
(Man`i*chæ"an Man`i*che"an), Manichee
(Man"i*chee) , n. [LL. Manichaeus: cf. F. manichéen.]
A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which
Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.
The Manichæans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development.
Tylor. Manichæan
(Man`i*chæ"an, Man`i*che"an) , a. Of or pertaining to the Manichæans.
Manichæism
(Man"i*chæ*ism, Man"i*che*ism) , n. [Cf. F. manichéisme.] The doctrines taught, or system
of principles maintained, by the Manichæans.
Manicheist
(Man"i*che*ist), n. [Cf. F. manichéiste.] Manichæan.
Manichord
(Man"i*chord Man`i*chor"don) [L. monochordon, Gr. — so called because it orig. had only
one string. See Monochord.] (Mus.) The clavichord or clarichord; — called also dumb spinet.
Manicure
(Man"i*cure) n. [F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure.] A person who makes a business
of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails.
[Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services
of a manicure.
Pop. Sci. Monthly. Manid
(Ma"nid) n. (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manidæ.
Manie
(Ma`nie") n. [F. See Mania.] Mania; insanity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
