megalomaniac

megalomaniac
/meg'euh loh may"nee ak'/, n.
1. a person afflicted with megalomania.
adj.
2. Also, megalomaniacal /meg'euh loh meuh nuy"euh keuhl/, megalomanic /meg'euh loh man"ik/. of, pertaining to, or suggesting megalomania or a person who is afflicted with it.
[1885-90; MEGALO- + MANIAC]

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