pyromanic

English

Etymology

pyromania +‎ -ic

Adjective

pyromanic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or exhibiting pyromania.
    • 1954, Bruno Bettelheim, Symbolic wounds: puberty rites and the envious male, page 186:
      Several pyromanic boys before coming to the Orthogenic School set fires because they so much enjoyed watching the pumps throw streams of water at burning buildings.

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