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monomaniac



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I was that bore, that monomaniac, that moralizer—an idealist.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2019

Despite his fervour, anchoritic existence and frequent depiction as one-part Don Quixote, one-part Antoni Gaudí and one-part monomaniac, Gallego is very aware of how he is seen in the town and beyond.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2017

Chris Christie, who could theoretically be president someday, is a monomaniac.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2015

You don’t think Burial when you hear it, but weird, monomaniac soul: D’Angelo’s “Voodoo,” Stevie Wonder’s “Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants,” Sly and the Family Stone’s “Fresh.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2011

Such do we usually find the enthusiastic monomaniac.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen


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