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PYROMANIAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyromaniac mean? 

PYROMANIAC (noun)
  The noun PYROMANIAC has 1 sense:

1. a person with a mania for setting things on fireplay

  Familiarity information: PYROMANIAC used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PYROMANIAC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with a mania for setting things on fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pyromaniac" is a kind of...):

lunatic; madman; maniac (an insane person)


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