† pyrobolicadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πυροβόλος , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πυροβόλος fire-darting (see pyroboly n.) + -ic suffix. In sense 1 perhaps with allusion to parabolic adj. In sense 2 after French pyrobolique (1676 in the passage translated in quot. 1729 at sense 2: see pyrobolical adj.); compare earlier pyrobolist n.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Designating a parabolic reflector, as capable of igniting something by focusing sunlight on it.

ΚΠ

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 12/1 A pyrobolick Mirrour, is such a Glass that casts forth fire in a moment of tyme by the suns heat.

2. = pyrobolical adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > firework > [adjective]

pyrotechnic1629

pyrotechnical1708

pyrobolic1729

pyrobolical1729

1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery iii. iii. 170 A great Prince..who thought there could be none more able in the Pyrobolic Art [Fr. dans l' art pyrobolique; L. in re Pyrobolica], than those who were well skilled in making Rockets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	pyrobolic
释义	† pyrobolicadj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πυροβόλος , -ic suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πυροβόλος fire-darting (see pyroboly n.) + -ic suffix. In sense 1 perhaps with allusion to parabolic adj. In sense 2 after French pyrobolique (1676 in the passage translated in quot. 1729 at sense 2: see pyrobolical adj.); compare earlier pyrobolist n. Obsolete. rare. 1. Designating a parabolic reflector, as capable of igniting something by focusing sunlight on it. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 12/1 A pyrobolick Mirrour, is such a Glass that casts forth fire in a moment of tyme by the suns heat. 2. = pyrobolical adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [adjective] pyrotechnic1629 pyrotechnical1708 pyrobolic1729 pyrobolical1729 1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery iii. iii. 170 A great Prince..who thought there could be none more able in the Pyrobolic Art [Fr. dans l' art pyrobolique; L. in re Pyrobolica], than those who were well skilled in making Rockets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1688
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