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单词 pyromania
释义

pyromania

noun

py·​ro·​ma·​nia ˌpī-rō-ˈmā-nē-ə How to pronounce pyromania (audio)
-nyə
: an irresistible impulse to start fires

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web After her exercise in pyromania, Serena stays with her mother. Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 7 June 2019 And finding signs of past fire-lighting on tools used for other purposes may offer the best window into the origins of humanity's collective pyromania. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 26 July 2018 Best-selling author Margaret George has just published a novel repackaging the Roman emperor Nero, whose name has evoked mayhem and recreational pyromania for the past 2,000 years, as a misunderstood stripling. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 5 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

circa 1842, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

pyromania

noun

py·​ro·​ma·​nia ˌpī-rō-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə How to pronounce pyromania (audio)
: an irresistible impulse to start fires
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