Münchhausen

[ mynkh-hou-zuhn ]

noun

Karl Friedrich Hi·e·ro·ny·mus [kahrl free-drikh-hee-ey-roh-ny-moos], /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/, Baron von [fuhn], /fən/, 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.

English Mun·chau·sen [muhn-chou-zuhn, muhnch-hou-, muhn-chaw-]. /ˈmʌnˌtʃaʊ zən, ˈmʌntʃˌhaʊ-, mʌnˈtʃɔ-/.

Other words from Münchhausen

Mun·chau·sen·ism, noun

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But never was this experiment so often and so successfully repeated as in the garden of baron de Munchhausen, at Swobber.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2) | Johann Beckman

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