Mythomane (noun)
mith-o-mayn
A mythomaniac, someone obsessed with mythology.
1950s; earliest use found in Encounter. From French mythomane from mytho- + -mane.
Example sentences
“He’s such a mythomane and he’s obsessed with dragons.”
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I thought mythomane would be a new hydrocarbon or something.