The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
pyromania
(noun) an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pyromania (usually uncountable, plural pyromanias)
(psychology) A compulsive disorder characterised by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyr"o*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [Pyro- + mania.]
Definition: An insane disposition to incendiarism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.