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Munchausen   /mˈəntʃˌaʊzɪn/   Listen
Munchausen

noun
1.
German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797).  Synonyms: Baron Munchausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Munchhausen.



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"Munchausen" Quotes from Famous Books



... being a little extravagant, I fear I shall have to let the case go by default; but I shall plead, in extenuation, that I have tried to be reasonable, even where a few grains of the romantic element were introduced; for Baron Munchausen and Sindbad the Sailor were standard works on my shelf in boyhood, and I may possibly have imbibed some of their peculiar spirit. But I feel a lively satisfaction in the reflection that, whatever exaggerations the critic may decide I have perpetrated in ...
— Poor and Proud - or The Fortunes of Katy Redburn • Oliver Optic



Words linked to "Munchausen" :   anecdotist, raconteur, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen



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