empyrical

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adjective

Containing the combustible principle of coal.

OriginLatin empyricus ← Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος →
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Meanings

adjectiveempyrical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableContaining the combustible principle of coal.

    , if it be rich , they will not extend above five or six inches ; but of these and some other empyrical marks , I shall say no more , as they do not tell us the defects of the soils

    1796, Richard Kirwan, The Manures Most Advantageously Applicable to the Various Sorts of Soils

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐμπύριος“fiery”
  2. Latinempyricus
  3. Englishempyrical

From Latin empyricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios, “fiery”), from ἐν (en, “en-”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

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APA

empyrical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empyrical

MLA

“empyrical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empyrical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empyrical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empyrical.

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