Firebug
[fahyuh r-buhg] /ˈfaɪərˌbʌg/
noun, Informal.
1.
arsonist; incendiary; pyromaniac.
/ˈfaɪəˌbʌɡ/
noun
1.
(informal) a person who deliberately sets fire to property
n.
“arsonist,” 1872, from fire (n.) + bug (n.).
noun
An arsonist; pyromaniac
[1872+; fr fire plus bug, ”maniac”]
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