▪ I. † manie Obs.
[a. F. manie, ad. L. mania. Cf. Pr., It., Pg. mania, Sp. man{iacu}a.]
= mania.
| c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 516 Manye Engendred of humour malencolik. 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iii. Furies 351 So this fell Fury, for forerunners, sends Manie and Phrenzie to suborne her friends. 1623 Cockeram, Manie, a disease in the head cal'd madnesse. |
▪ II. manie
var. meinie, company, obs. f. many.