Münchhausen
[mynkh-hou-zuh n]
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noun
Karl Friedrich Hi·e·ro·ny·mus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/, Baron von [fuh n] /fən/, 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
English Mun·chau·sen [muhn-chou-zuh n, muhnch-hou-, muhn-chaw-] /ˈmʌnˌtʃaʊ zən, ˈmʌntʃˌhaʊ-, mʌnˈtʃɔ-/.
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Examples from the Web for munchausen
Contemporary Examples of munchausen
People who intentionally hurt children for attention can be accused of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
Historical Examples of munchausen
From that moment Blenkinthrope was tacitly accepted as the Munchausen of the party.
“Well, I believe fully that we are all descended from the ape,” said Munchausen.
A House-Boat on the StyxJohn Kendrick Bangs
A charming store of wit and humor of the Munchausen variety is to be found in the Bible.
The BibleJohn E. Remsburg
Is there not the Megatherium for the literary, and the Munchausen for the travelled?
General BounceG. J. Whyte-Melville
These are (Paul says) lima beans Munchausen, and here we have could-be asparagus.
West Of The SunEdgar Pangborn
Munchausen
noun
Word Origin for Munchausen
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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