mania, passion, cacoethes
(noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
mania, manic disorder
(noun) a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mania (countable and uncountable, plural manias)
Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
(psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
• Amina, Maina, amain, amnia, anima
Mania
(Roman god) The goddess of the dead and ghosts.
• Amina, Maina, amain, amnia, anima
Source: Wiktionary
Ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [L. mania, Gr. manie, F. manie. Cf. Mind, n., Necromancy.]
1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.
2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania. Mania a potu Etym: [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens.
Syn.
– Insanity; derangement; madness; lunacy; alienation; aberration; delirium; frenzy. See Insanity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
