mythomanen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪθə(ʊ)ˌmeɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmɪθəˌmeɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mythomane.

Etymology: < French mythomane (1905) < mytho- mytho- comb. form + -mane -mane comb. form. Compare earlier mythomania n., mythomaniac n.

A. n.

= mythomaniac n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth > habit of invention > one who has

mythomaniac1922

mythomane1954

1954 Encounter Dec. 77/2 [Socialism is to be] treated as the way to that abolition of ‘injustice’ whose necessary existence in any human society these mythomanes find intolerable.

1975 Times 2 May 11/8 Paper Tiger..is a modest..entertainment, with David Niven as a pathological mythomane who..finds himself obliged to live up to his fantasies.

1989 Independent 6 Feb. 20/8 Koch seems increasingly to be running for the office of local mythomane.

1998 Independent on Sunday 28 June (Review Suppl.) 15/1 ‘Having lived with a mythomane,’ she wrote, ‘I know they believe everything they say.’

B. adj.

= mythomaniac adj. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [adjective] > characteristic of mythomania

mythomaniac1928

mythomane1962

1962 Punch 26 Sept. 464/3 A mythomane tart with a line in imaginary family grandeur.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mythomane
释义	mythomanen.adj. Brit. /ˈmɪθə(ʊ)ˌmeɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɪθəˌmeɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mythomane. Etymology: < French mythomane (1905) < mytho- mytho- comb. form + -mane -mane comb. form. Compare earlier mythomania n., mythomaniac n. A. n. = mythomaniac n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth > habit of invention > one who has mythomaniac1922 mythomane1954 1954 Encounter Dec. 77/2 [Socialism is to be] treated as the way to that abolition of ‘injustice’ whose necessary existence in any human society these mythomanes find intolerable. 1975 Times 2 May 11/8 Paper Tiger..is a modest..entertainment, with David Niven as a pathological mythomane who..finds himself obliged to live up to his fantasies. 1989 Independent 6 Feb. 20/8 Koch seems increasingly to be running for the office of local mythomane. 1998 Independent on Sunday 28 June (Review Suppl.) 15/1 ‘Having lived with a mythomane,’ she wrote, ‘I know they believe everything they say.’ B. adj. = mythomaniac adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [adjective] > characteristic of mythomania mythomaniac1928 mythomane1962 1962 Punch 26 Sept. 464/3 A mythomane tart with a line in imaginary family grandeur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1954
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