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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
manic-depressive is a noun and adjective meaning "a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness". It carries 2 recorded senses.
a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for manic-depressive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.