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English
Etymology
From a- + pyro- + -ous.
Adjective
apyrous (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Not combustible; capable of tolerating great heat without alteration of form or properties.
1875, Marietta Holley, My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, page 172: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.
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