noun
Meaning 1
Someone who suffers from mythomania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mythomane
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mythomaniac
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Pronunciation
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/ˌmɪθəˈmeɪniæk/
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/ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪniæk/
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rhymes with -eɪniæk
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -maniac. Attested in English since 1950s.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: mitòman — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Esperanto: mitomaniulo — someone who suffers from mythomania
- French: mythomane — someone who suffers from mythomania
- French: mythomaniaque — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Galician: mitómano — someone who suffers from mythomania
- German: Pseudologe — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Italian: mitomane — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Occitan: mitoman — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Polish: mitoman — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Polish: mitomanka — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Portuguese: mitômano — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Portuguese: mitómano — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Portuguese: mitomaníaco — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Romanian: mitoman — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Russian: мифома́н (mifomán) — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Sicilian: mitòmani — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Spanish: mitómano — someone who suffers from mythomania
- Swedish: mytoman — someone who suffers from mythomania