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English
Etymology
From Latin empyricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios, “fiery”), from ἐν (en, “en-”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
Adjective
empyrical (not comparable)
- Containing the combustible principle of coal.
1796, Richard Kirwan, The Manures Most Advantageously Applicable to the Various Sorts of Soils:, 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
References
“empyrical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.