Synonyms

pyromaniac

[pahy-ruh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh]

py·ro·ma·ni·a

[pahy-ruh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh]
noun
a compulsion to set things on fire.

Origin:
1835–45; pyro- + -mania

py·ro·ma·ni·ac [pahy-ruh-mey-nee-ak] , noun
py·ro·ma·ni·a·cal [pahy-roh-muh-nahy-uh-kuhl] , adjective
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pyromania (ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə)
 
n
psychiatry the uncontrollable impulse and practice of setting things on fire
 
pyro'maniac
 
n
 
pyromaniacal
 
adj

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