Definition of Pyromaniac

1. Noun. A person with a mania for setting things on fire.

Generic synonyms: Lunatic, Madman, Maniac

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

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pyrolyzer
pyrolyzers
pyrolyzes
pyrolyzing
pyromagnetic
pyromalate
pyromalates
pyromalic
pyromalic acid
pyromancer
pyromancers
pyromancies
pyromancy
pyromania
pyromaniac
pyromaniacal
pyromaniacs
pyromanias
pyromantic
pyromantics
pyromellitic
pyromellitic acid
pyrometallurgical
pyrometallurgies
pyrometallurgy
pyrometer
pyrometers
pyrometric
pyrometric cone

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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