Tasmaniac

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noun

A native or inhabitant of Tasmania, Australia.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounTasmaniac (plural Tasmaniacs)

plural Tasmaniacs

  1. colloquialhumorousA native or inhabitant of Tasmania, Australia.

    Irving was shocked that the Tasmaniac even knew that word.

    2015, Stephen Ostrow, Magic Irving and His Magic Shoppe
    2 more examples

    No-one was terribly interested to hear about the findings of the Menzies Institute, which showed that Tasmaniacs have a lower rate of congenital malformation than the Australian average.

    2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 27

    I need to recharge my batteries to have the energy to take on whatever surprise-challenge some ‘Tasmaniac’ has lined up for me.

    2016, Miroslav Vesely, The Nude Kitchen Hand

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

Tasmaniac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmaniac

MLA

“Tasmaniac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmaniac. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tasmaniac,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmaniac.

Source: Tasmaniac on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.