Münchhausen

[ mynkh-hou-zuh n ]

/ ˈmünxˌhaʊ zən /

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-/.

OTHER WORDS FROM Münchhausen

Mun·chau·sen·ism, noun

People who intentionally hurt children for attention can be accused of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.

Republican Thinks Obama’s Mental Illness Caused Border Crisis |Gideon Resnick |July 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I dont exactly understand how the whooping cough could save anybodys life, do you, Mr. Munchausen?

Mr. Munchausen |John Kendrick Bangs
“You might have turned her into a summer hotel,” suggested Munchausen.

The Pursuit of the House-Boat |John Kendrick Bangs
Munchausen felt that Bogey was encroaching on his preserve as a man with an imagination.

The Enchanted Typewriter |John Kendrick Bangs

From that moment Blenkinthrope was tacitly accepted as the Munchausen of the party.

Beasts and Super-Beasts |Saki
Thats true enough, put in Mr. Munchausen, resolved after Diavolos whack, to side against him.

Mr. Munchausen |John Kendrick Bangs

Munchausen

/ (German ˈmynçhauzən) /

an exaggerated story

a person who tells such a story

C19: after Baron Münchhausen, subject of a series of exaggerated adventure tales written in English by R. E. Raspe (1737–94)