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Original entry ↗adj
Pyromaniac, pyromaniacal. · Pyrotechnic.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA pyromaniac. · Pyrocellulose. · A pyrotechnician. · Pyrotechnics.
Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
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- Derivation mentionπῦρgrc · fire
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