firebug
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
Examples
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During his time on remand, Williamson was called a firebug, told he would be jailed for life by prisoner officers, and initially locked up for 23 hours a day as a category A prisoner.
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Are you telling me that we should actually sit back and say to ourselves - well sure this guy's a firebug but he makes some very valid points regarding fires and fire safety!?
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I mention these fires because they show practically all the types of work of the various kinds of firebug -- insurance, revenge, robbery, and plain insanity.
Note
The word 'firebug' comes from 'fire' and 'bug' (in the sense of 'enthusiast, devotee').
