monomaniac

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Despite his fervour, anchoritic existence and frequent depiction as one-part Don Quixote, one-part Antoni Gaudí and one-part monomaniac, Gallego is very aware of how he is seen in the town and beyond.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2017

Reading Kronman’s “Confessions,” I wondered if its author would be like Mr. Casaubon, from “Middlemarch”—a pale, stooped, carrel-dwelling monomaniac who lives entirely in his mind.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 16, 2017

Chris Christie, who could theoretically be president someday, is a monomaniac.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2015

You don’t think Burial when you hear it, but weird, monomaniac soul: D’Angelo’s “Voodoo,” Stevie Wonder’s “Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants,” Sly and the Family Stone’s “Fresh.”

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2011

Alone at last, with the desired jet of steam, the monomaniac once more settled himself to his novel pursuit of tampering with seals.

From The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie