graphomaniacal
- adjective
- /ˌɡræfəˈmeɪniˌækəl/
- Specialized
- His graphomaniacal writing habit led him to pen an entire novel in just a few weeks.
Examples
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His appetites—for food, for sex, for experience—were equally outsized, as was his graphomaniacal passion for transcribing his every experience into words.
Academic text (2016) -
She has a graphomaniacal tendency to fill up notebooks with her thoughts and stories every day.
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After discovering her graphomaniacal urge, she decided to publish her essays online to share her prolific output.
How Compulsive
Surface Forms
Morphology
graphomaniacal = graphomania (semi-transparent) = grapho + mania + cal
The word is built transparently from the classical elements 'grapho-' and 'mania' plus an adjectival suffix, but the specialized combining form makes it less obvious to typical learners.
Etymology
Graphomaniacal comes from the parts graph meaning 'write', seen in autograph and paragraph, and mania meaning 'madness' or a 'strong urge'. So a graphomaniacal person is someone who almost can't stop writing and often writes far too much.