pyromaniacn.adj.
/ˌpʌɪrə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak/, U.S. /ˌpaɪroʊˈmeɪniˌæk/ A. n.
A person suffering from pyromania.
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1845 Lancet 10 May 526 The excited imagination or distempered propensities of the pyromaniac.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 2 Apr. 7/2 A dangerous pyromaniac has been discovered in Brooklyn..[who] has set over twenty tenements on fire..simply for the pleasure of seeing them burn.
1929 W. S. Sadler Mind at Mischief x. 141 We have the same condition in the case of certain types of pyromaniacs.
1992 Independent 12 June 2/7 The woman who was jailed for life yesterday for starting a fire which caused the deaths of two children in her care exhibited all the classic symptoms of the pyromaniac.
2004 A. Vona Bad Girl 128 And, I am a cutter, bulimic, anorexic, a pyromaniac, and I like to fuck.
B. adj.
Of or relating to pyromania; suffering from pyromania.
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1873 F. Wharton Wharton & Stillé's Med. Jurispr. (ed. 3) I. ii. 697 An alleged pyromaniac girl of seven years, whose irresponsibility on other grounds was abundantly shown.
1900 A. Church Nerv. & Mental Dis. (ed. 2) 572 Homicidal, obscene, or pyromaniac acts.
1967 Listener 6 Apr. 466/2 Jeanne Moreau lends to the role..more credibility than was apparent in her full-length portrayal of the pyromaniac school-mistress.
2003 B. B. Murphy & J. Wolkoff Ace hits Rock Bottom 107 You Mohawk-headed harlot, you trash, you pyromaniac arsonist!
Derivatives
pyromaˈniacal adj. of, relating to, or suffering from pyromania.
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1873 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind 1st Ser. I. 234 Phases which manifest homicidal, kleptomaniacal, and pyromaniacal instincts.
1904 T. S. Clouston Clin. Lect. Mental Dis. (ed. 6) 685 Impulsive insanity where there are uncontrollable homicidal, kleptomaniacal, pyromaniacal, destructive, or animal impulses.
1991 S. A. Nollen Boris Karloff 63 The five strangers experience bizarre and terrifying experiences, culminating in the near destruction of the house by the pyromaniacal Saul and the intoxicated Morgan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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