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单词 empyrical
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empyricaladj.

Brit. /ɛmˈpɪrᵻkl/, U.S. /ɛmˈpɪrᵻkəl/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἔμπυρος , -ical suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἔμπυρος burnt ( < ἐμ- , variant (before a labial) of ἐν- en- prefix2 + πῦρ fire: see pyro- comb. form) + -ical suffix. Compare empyreal adj.In quot. 1818 attributed to R. Kirwan, but in the passage cited Kirwan's empyrical appears to show a use of empirical adj. 3 (compare forms at that entry): ?1794 R. Kirwan in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 5 187 If the land be poor, the wheat will extend its roots to a great distance in quest of food, whereas 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.
rare.
Of or relating to combustion or combustibility; combustible. Cf. empyreal adj. 2.
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empyrical1818
combustive1858
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Empyrical, containing the combustible principle of coal.
1889 Cent. Dict. Empyrical, of or pertaining to combustion or combustibility.
1955 C. C. Turner LP-Gas Man's Encycl. Methods & Equipm. 48/1 Wood, coal, oil and LP-Gas are all empyrical substances.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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