klepto

See also: klepto-

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklɛptoʊ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklɛptəʊ/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛptəʊ

Adjective

klepto (comparative more klepto, superlative most klepto)

  1. (slang) Of or pertaining to an individual who suffers from kleptomania.

Noun

klepto (plural kleptos)

  1. (slang) A kleptomaniac.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English kleptomaniac, from Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “I steal”) (from Proto-Hellenic *klépťō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klep-) + -maniac.

Noun

klepto

  1. one who steals compulsively; a kleptomaniac
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