Middle English Dictionary Entry
mānia n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mānia n. Also man(n)ie, maniam. |
| Etymology | L mania |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mental derangement characterized by frenzy, delusions, and violence; fallen in(to ~.
Associated quotations
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1374 : For al the world he ferde, Nat oonly lyk the loueris maladye Of Hereos, but rather lyk manye, Engendred of humour malencolyk.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)81a/b : Þese passiouns beþ diuers: madnes þat hatte mania & madnes þat hatte malencolia.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)266/20,30 : Þan it is drede lest þe womman bicome in a passioun þat is clepid Mania..Wiþinne iij daies Mania come to hir, and was oute of hir witt, & so þe frenesie fil on hir.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)119b/b : I haue herd þat wiþ grete fiȝtyng of þe vertue animale & naturale, þai ren or falle in to maniam, i. frenesy, And bi sewyng in to deþe.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)57/29 : Þe emoroydez..preserueþ þe body fro many sekenez aduste and corrupte, as is Mania, malencolia, pleuresis, [etc.].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)160/20,22 : In apostemes of þe tetes it is to drede of mania, i. wodenes..In wommen in þe whiche blood is turned to þe tetes, it bytokeneþ maniam.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)344 : Amor ereos..causith man to fallen in manye, So arn his spiritis vexid by travayle.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)254 : Ther was no mannye, but true disposicion With out al furious mocion.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. mania.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. manie.