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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Empyreum, Empyreumanoun

    The burning to of any matter in boiling or distillation, which gives a particular offensive smell. John Quincy

    Etymology: ἐμϖύϱευμα.

    It is so far from admitting an empyreum, that it burns clear away without leaving any cinders, or adust about it. Gideon Harvey.

    The hopes of an elixir insensibly evaporate, and vanish to air, or leave in the recipient a foul empyreuma. Dec. of Piety.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Empyreumanoun

    the peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels

  2. Etymology: [NL., from Gr. a live coal covered with ashes, fr. to set on fire, fr. : cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal.]

Wikidata

  1. Empyreuma

    Empyreuma is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Empyreuma

    em-pir-ū′ma, n. the burned smell and acrid taste which result when vegetable or animal substances are burned:—pl. Empyreu′mata.—adjs. Empyreumat′ic, -al.—v.t. Empyreu′matise. [Gr.,—empyreuein, to kindle.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of empyreuma in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of empyreuma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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