monomaniac

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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

I attended a monomaniac lady in Paris, who fancied herself in Jerusalem on the eve of its destruction.

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