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单词 pyrobology
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pyrobologyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pyrobolia , -logy comb. form.
Etymology: < pyrobol- (in post-classical Latin pyrobolia: see pyroboly n.) + -logy comb. form. Compare French pyrobologie (mid 18th cent. or earlier). Compare earlier pyrobolist n. and slightly later pyroboly n.
Obsolete. rare.
= pyroballogy n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > study of
pyrobology1728
pyroballogy1738
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pyrotechny Some call Pyrotechny by the name Artillery... Others chuse to call it Pyrobology [1738 adds or rather pyroballogy], q.d. the Art of Missile Fires.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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