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Empyesis

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• Empyreal

  [em-pir-ee-uh l, -pahy-ree-, em-puh-ree-uh l, -pahy-] /ɛmˈpɪr i əl, -ˈpaɪ ri-, ˌɛm pəˈri əl, -paɪ-/ adjective 1. pertaining to the highest heaven in the cosmology of the ancients. 2. pertaining to the sky; celestial: empyreal blue. 3. formed of pure fire or light: empyreal radiance. adj. late 15c.; see empyrean.

• Empyrean

  [em-puh-ree-uh n, -pahy-, em-pir-ee-uh n, -pahy-ree-] /ˌɛm pəˈri ən, -paɪ-, ɛmˈpɪr i ən, -ˈpaɪ ri-/ noun 1. the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire. 2. the visible heavens; the firmament. adjective 3. . /ˌɛmpaɪˈriːən/ noun 1. (archaic) the highest part of the (supposedly spherical) heavens, thought in ancient […]

• Empyreuma

  /ˌɛmpɪˈruːmə/ noun (pl) -mata (-mətə) 1. the smell and taste associated with burning vegetable and animal matter

• Empyromancy

  noun divination by fire, smoke Word Origin from empyrosis ‘general fire’

• Em-quad

  noun 1. a square unit of area, one em on each side. 2. a quad having such an area. Compare 2 (def 1).

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