Word: monomania
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mon
o
ma
ni
a
Definition: A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.
Morphemes:
Affix: mono-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: one, single, only
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μόνος
Language: grc
Decoded: monos
Meaning: alone, only, sole, single
Affix: mania
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μαίνομαι
Language: grc
Decoded: mainomai
Meaning: I am mad
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns