pyromanic

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.

Anagrams

• parcimony, paronymic