fanatico

It was like him, too, to have conceived and risked all upon this last desperate and madcap scheme -- this message to a poor, crazed fanatico cruising about with his grotesque uniform and his farcical title.

Cabbages and Kings 1904

And except on first nights or some other such occasion, or during the singing of the well-known tit-bits of any opera, there was an amount of chattering in the house which would have made the hair of a fanatico per la musica stand on end.

What I Remember Trollope, Thomas A 1887

Accordingly, no one can accuse me of being fanatico per la musica; albeit I am transported too by (for example) Handel's largo in G, by the Prayer in Mose in Egitto, the Lost Chord, Rossini's Tell,

My Life as an Author Tupper, Martin F 1886

Patrick hummed a bar or two of an air, to hint of his being fanatico per la musica, as a pretext for their departure.

Celt and Saxon — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

Patrick hummed a bar or two of an air, to hint of his being fanatico per la musica, as a pretext for their departure.

Celt and Saxon — Complete George Meredith 1868

Patrick hummed a bar or two of an air, to hint of his being fanatico per la musica, as a pretext for their departure.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

This _fanatico_ of mine, walking home from the theater one night with two other like-minded individuals, indulged himself in obstreperous abuse of poor Mr. Abbot, in which he was heartily joined by his companions.

Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851

For two hours my companion, who was a musical fanatico, gave his undivided attention to the stage; and, in the meantime, I amused myself by observing the audience, which consisted, in chief part, of the very elite of the city.

The Spectacles 1844

It was evident that my considerate friend, il fanatico, had quite forgotten his appointment with myself -- had forgotten it as soon as it was made.

The Spectacles 1844

British consul that the late Mr. Selby was a learned antiquarian, an accomplished general scholar, a fanatico in music, a man of gentle temper though reserved manners; had at one time lived much at Venice: after his marriage with the Signora Cicogna he had taken up his abode near Florence.

The Parisians — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838