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maniac

/ˈmeɪ.niˌæk/ noun B2
  1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania. · She was driving like a maniac.
  2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession. (figuratively) · He's a manga maniac.

Plural maniacs

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The doctor most kindly took charge of me, and it was well he did so, for I had a fit in the station, and before we reached home I was practically a raving maniac.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 70 · B2

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