different between megalomania vs thief

English

Etymology

First attested in 1890, from French mégalomanie; Surface etymology is megalo- +? -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???lo??me?ni?/, /?m???lo??me?nj?/
• Rhymes: -e?ni?

Noun

megalomania (countable and uncountable, plural megalomanias)

1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
2. (obsolete) narcissistic personality disorder.
3. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.

Synonyms

• (psychopathological condition): delusion of grandeur

Derived terms

• megalomaniac
• megalomaniacal

Translations

Italian

Etymology

megalo- +? mania

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanie)

1. megalomania

Related terms

• megalomane

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.?a.l??ma.?a/

Noun

megalomania f

1. megalomania

Synonym: megaloma?stwo

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) megaloman, megalomanka
• (adjective) megaloma?ski

Further reading

• megalomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanias)

1. megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)

English

Alternative forms

• theef

Etymology

From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þ?of, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /e?o/ became [i?] rather than [e?]. (Compare the spelling of deep from Old English deop.)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: th?f, IPA^(key): /?i?f/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?if/
• Rhymes: -i?f

Noun

thief (plural thieves)

1. One who carries out a theft.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thief
2. One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
3. (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
   • 1640, Joseph Hall, Divine Light

     But hear you , my Worthy Brethren : do not you , where you see a thief in the candle , call presently for an extinguisher

Hypernyms

• (one who carries out a theft): See Thesaurus:criminal

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• thieve

Translations

Anagrams

• feith, theif