klepto

[klep-toh]

noun

plural

kleptos 

1. kleptomaniac.

Word History and Origins

Origin of klepto¹

First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening

Example Sentences

I didn’t bother mentioning that I had manipulated the situation and that he now thought she was a klepto.

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It wasn’t trend forecasting, or klepto flossing or tea leaf browsing.

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Beyond that, comic kleptos are protected by a more important reality.

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At some point, this parasitic predecessor lost the klepto gene and gained another that enabled it to supply energy to its host, as mitochondria do today.

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