-mania
a combining form of mania (megalomania); extended to mean “enthusiasm, often of an extreme and transient nature,” for that specified by the initial element (bibliomania).
-mania
combining form
indicating extreme desire or pleasure of a specified kind or an abnormal excitement aroused by something kleptomania, nymphomania, pyromania
derived forms
-maniac, combining_form:in_adjective, combining_form:in_noun:countable
word origin
from mania
-mania suff.
an abnormal compulsion or an extreme love for: pyromania.
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- -manship
a combination of -man and -ship, used as an independent suffix with the meaning “skill in a particular activity, especially of a compet-tive nature”: brinkmanship; grantsmanship; one-upmanship; sometimes compounded with a plural noun by -n-logy with craftsmanship, marksmanship, sportsmanship, etc.
- -mantic
a combining form used in the formation of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy: necromantic. -mantic combining form forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy necromantic
- -mas
combining form indicating a christian festival christmas, michaelmas word origin from m-ss
- -masted
adjective (in combination) (nautical) having a mast or masts of a specified kind or number three-masted, tall-masted
- -meal
a native english combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time: piecemeal.