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apyrous

apyrous adjective: not combustible; capable of tolerating great heat without alteration of form or properties.

Adjective

apyrous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not combustible; capable of tolerating great heat without alteration of form or properties.
    • The Lumincus [sic] Lamp of Progression, whose sciatherical shadows falling upon earthly matter, not promoting sciolism, or Siccity, may it illumine humanity as it tardigradely floats from matter's aquius wastes, to minds majestic and apyrous climes.1875, Marietta Holley, My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, page 172

Origin of apyrous

From a- + pyro- + -ous.

Questions about apyrous

What does apyrous mean?
Apyrous means not combustible; capable of tolerating great heat without alteration of form or properties.
What part of speech is apyrous?
Apyrous is an adjective.

Words near apyrous in the dictionary

  1. apyrimidinic
  2. apyrogen
  3. apyrogenic
  4. apyrogenicity
  5. apyrogens
  6. apyrous
  7. APYs
  8. apéritif
  9. apéritifs
  10. Apéry's constant
  11. aq

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