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empyreumas

empyreumas is the plural of empyreuma.

Meaning of empyreuma

Noun

empyreuma (plural empyreumas or empyreumata)

  1. (obsolete) The particular smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in sealed containers.
    • If the Liquor retain a certain Empyreuma, or smatch of the fire, thou shalt help it by putting it into a glasse close stopt, and so exposing it to the heat of the sun, and now and then opening the glasse that the fiery impression may exhale, or else let the glasse stand in a cold moist place.1651, John French, Art of Distillation

Questions about empyreumas

What is empyreumas the plural of?
Empyreumas is the plural of empyreuma.

Words near empyreumas in the dictionary

  1. empyreal air
  2. empyrean
  3. empyreans
  4. empyreum
  5. empyreuma
  6. empyreumas
  7. empyreumata
  8. empyreumatic
  9. empyreumatical
  10. empyreumatise
  11. empyreumatised

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