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Munchausen
/ ˈmynçhauzən /
noun
- an exaggerated story
- a person who tells such a story
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Munchausen1
C19: after Baron Münchhausen, subject of a series of exaggerated adventure tales written in English by R. E. Raspe (1737–94)
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Example Sentences
People who intentionally hurt children for attention can be accused of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
From The Daily Beast
I confess it has the air of one of Baron Munchausen's yarns, and I am somewhat doubtful about it.
From Project Gutenberg
M. de Munchausen is one of those Ministers of State who bears the most Sway.
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Down went Captain Munchausen singing inverted psalms, with a whole nest of rockets exploding in his brain.
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Captain Munchausen made no reply, my boy, but motioned for his men to bear him from the field.
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Or was the editor of the Mercure the original Baron Munchausen?
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