maniacal

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I land home after buzzing about interstate like a maniacal (but disease-free) blowfly ... and what happens?

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  1. adjective Suggestive of or afflicted with insanity: a maniacal frenzy.
  2. adjective Characterized by excessive enthusiasm or excitement: a maniacal interest in gambling.

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  • Framed in the open doorway and looking the picture of maniacal, avenging fury, stood Eleanor Bing. —  Speedy Death - Gladys Mitchell - Mrs Bradley 01 - 1929
  • But he did not look maniacal, as I must have looked. —  THE ISLAND OF SHEEP
  • I land home after buzzing about interstate like a maniacal (but disease-free) blowfly ... and what happens? —  theatre notes
  • So he is an ego-maniacal, misogynistic, Napoleonic, gangrenous, enlarged prostrate with diarrhea. —  Pharyngula
  • A-list Hollywood actresses don't usually volunteer to hit the road with maniacal, appetite-driven chefs like Batali in search of what he calls simply "the good stuff". —  The Guardian World News
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