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megalomaniac

[ meg-uh-loh-mey-nee-ak ]

/ ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmeɪ niˌæk /

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noun

a person afflicted with megalomania.

adjective

Also meg·a·lo·ma·ni·a·cal

[meg-uh-loh-muh-nahy-uh-kuh l] /ˌmɛg ə loʊ məˈnaɪ ə kəl/, meg·a·lo·man·ic

[meg-uh-loh-man-ik] /ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmæn ɪk/. of, relating to, or suggesting megalomania or a person who is afflicted with it.

Origin of megalomaniac

First recorded in 1885–90; megalo- + maniac

Words nearby megalomaniac

megalogastria, megaloglossia, megalohepatia, megalokaryocyte, megalomania, megalomaniac, megalomelia, megalopenis, megalophthalmus, megalopodia, megalopolis

Example sentences from the Web for megalomaniac

In the movie, T.E. Lawrence becomes a megalomaniac, a killer, and finally a mystery even to himself.

Spending a Day With Peter O’Toole |Malcolm Jones |December 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Recognizing that Messier was simply a corporate charlatan, Bronfman stepped up and led the charge to remove the megalomaniac.

Music's Misunderstood Genius |Peter Lauria |July 4, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Leading the megalomaniac set in the NFL is Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones.

Out-Rushing Rush |Samuel P. Jacobs |October 7, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Palin is the rare female politician who is as much a megalomaniac as her male peers.

Palin Has Really Gone Rogue |Michelle Goldberg |July 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

That is the point overlooked by the megalomaniac school of Nietzsche and Shaw.

War and the Future |H. G. Wells
Was he a megalomaniac, or was his ego an effect of drugs upon a nerve-wracked constitution?

I Walked in Arden |Jack Crawford
Pascal violently rejected the megalomaniac pride of the Stoic philosopher.

The Enchiridion |Epictetus
But whisky transformed him from a twitching neurotic into a megalomaniac.

Captivity |M. Leonora Eyles
Before the war he liked to imitate the English, and posed as a German megalomaniac.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916 |Various