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mythomaniac

/ˌmɪθəˈmeɪniæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mytho-ma-ni-ac
IPA
/ˌmɪθəˈmeɪniæk/
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who suffers from mythomania.

Etymology

Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -maniac. Attested in English since 1950s.

Inflected Forms

mythomaniacs (plural)

Synonyms

mythomane

Rhymes With

maniac brainiac nymphomaniac megalomaniac egomaniac pyromaniac kleptomaniac dipsomaniac monomaniac logomaniac bibliomaniac anthomaniac

Questions

How do you pronounce mythomaniac?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɪθəˈmeɪniæk/.
What does mythomaniac mean?
Someone who suffers from mythomania.
Where does mythomaniac come from?
Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -maniac. Attested in English since 1950s.

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