Munchausen
英 ['mʌntʃauzən; -tʃɔ:]
美
- adj. 虚夸的；异想天开的；闵希豪生式的
- n. 说大话的人；狂言
英文词源
- Munchausen
- in reference to unbelievable stories (1850) is in reference to Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720-1797), German adventurer who served in the Russian army against the Turks; wildly exaggerated exploits attributed to him are told in the 1785 English book "Baron Munchausen, Narrative of his Marvellous Travels," written by Rudolph Erich Raspe (1734-1794). As a syndrome involving feigned dramatic illness, it is attested from 1951.
