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Definition of Pyromaniac
1. Noun. A person with a mania for setting things on fire.
Definition of Pyromaniac
1. Noun. A person suffering from pyromania ¹
2. Noun. A person who is obsessed with fire ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyromaniac
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyromaniac
Literary usage of Pyromaniac
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What is Education? by Ernest Carroll Moore (1915)
"A child of ten who delights in setting grass afire is labeled a pyromaniac.
The men and women in charge of him when he is twelve continue to refer to him as ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The desire to commit arson manifests itself during certain periods between which
the pyromaniac is sub-lucid and may even attend to his affairs, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The desire to commit arson manifests itself during certain periods between which
the pyromaniac is sub-lucid.and may even attend to his affairs, ..."
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