

Jan 20, 2015 This week’s theme

Insults



This week’s words

ultracrepidarian

mythomane

libertine

homunculus

vacuous

Insults A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



mythomane PRONUNCIATION: (MITH-uh-mayn)

MEANING: noun: One having a tendency to exaggerate or lie.

adjective: Having a tendency to exaggerate or lie.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mythos (myth) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1954.

USAGE:

Simon Callow; On Self-Portraits by Laura Cumming; The Guardian (London, UK); Jul 25, 2009.



See more usage examples of “[Laura Cumming’s portrait] ... of the mythomane, egomaniac, and relentlessly self-promoting Gustave Courbet, who somehow nonetheless remains true to himself through all the lies, is hilarious and oddly heart-warming.”Simon Callow; On Self-Portraits by Laura Cumming;(London, UK); Jul 25, 2009.See more usage examples of mythomane in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Is it [hunting] really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn't know a game is going on? -Bill Maher, comedian, actor, and writer (b. 20 Jan 1956)





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