monomaniac
Example Sentences
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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
Reading Kronman’s “Confessions,” I wondered if its author would be like Mr. Casaubon, from “Middlemarch”—a pale, stooped, carrel-dwelling monomaniac who lives entirely in his mind.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2017
But it’s hard to mine much variety from a character who admits her fanaticism has turned her into a monomaniac.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2015
Chris Christie, who could theoretically be president someday, is a monomaniac.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2015
Alone at last, with the desired jet of steam, the monomaniac once more settled himself to his novel pursuit of tampering with seals.
From The Daughter Pays by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
