pyrotechnyn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪrə(ʊ)ˌtɛkni/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪroʊˌtɛkni/

Forms:

α. 1500s pyrotechnie, 1500s– pyrotechny.

β. 1500s–1700s pyrotechnia.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an Italian lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pyro- comb. form, -techny comb. form.

Etymology: < pyro- comb. form + -techny comb. form, apparently after either Italian pirotechnia (1540 in the title of V. Biringucci De la pirotechnia, a treatise on the uses of fire in the arts and industry), French pyrotechnie (1556, in the title of J. Vincent La pyrotechnie, ou l'art du feu), or post-classical Latin pyrotechnia (1579 in chemistry, 1611 with reference to fireworks).In form pyrotechnia after post-classical Latin pyrotechnia.

1. The manufacture and use of gunpowder for military purposes, as in the making of bombs, mines, ammunition, rockets, incendiaries, etc. Now rare.In quot. 1583: a military device of this kind.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition

pyrotechny1579

pyrotechnics1729

gunmaking1846

munition1916

1579 in L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos (title page) Whereto he hath also adioyned certaine Questions of great Ordinaunce, resolued in his other Treatise of Pyrotechny and great Artillerie, hereafter to be published.

1583 S. Saxey Straunge & Wonderfull Example Iudgement Almighty God sig. [Cv] They shoulde bee builded vpon the rocke whiche..neyther earthquakes, nor pyrotechnies may vndermine and ouercast.

1591 T. Digges L. Digges's Geom. Pract. Treatize: Pantometria (rev. ed.) 176 Certaine Diffinitions, taken out of my thirde Booke of Pyrotechnie Militarie, and great Artillerie.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 89 Some as Beringuccio in his Pyrotechny affirmeth, have promised to make it red.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Military Pyrotechny teaches the Art of making all sorts of Fire-Arms.

1708 tr. J. Ozanam Recreations Math. & Physical 481 Pyrotechny is an Art that teaches to make Fire-works of all sorts, whether for War or for Diversion. Of the first kind, are Grenades, Bombs, Carcasses, Petards, Mines, and such other Machines of War.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Pyrotechny is of two kinds, Military, and Chymical.

1827 Battalion Order No. 80 6 Sept. in J. Davis Papers (1971) I. 91 The following Cadets..will attend daily at the L[ab]oratory..to receive instruction in Pyrotechny.

1867 J. G. Benton Course Instr. Ordnance & Gunnery (ed. 3) vii. 356 The term composition is applied to all mechanical mixtures which, by combustion, produce the effects sought to be attained in pyrotechny.

1961 Mil. Affairs 25 76/2 The French artillery establishment included a central school of pyrotechny at Metz.

2. The use of fire in the analysis, alteration, or preparation of substances, in chemistry, pharmacy, metallurgy, etc. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > pyrotechny

pyrotechny1592

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > branches of metallurgy

pyrotechny1592

metallostatics1665

siderurgy1869

metallography1871

physical metallurgy1905

pyrometallurgy1909

powder metallurgy1933

1592 J. Dee Autobiogr. Tracts vii. 30 in Chetham Misc. (1851) I My three laboratories serving for Pyrotechnia.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §80 Mechanick experiments of Pyrotechny.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Chymical Pyrotechny teaches the Art of managing Fire in Chymical Operations.

1701 Bellum Medicinale 58 They are not yet well skilled in Pharmacy, especially in the chief Part of it, Pyrotechny.

1964 Science 4 Dec. 1265/2 Early pyrotechny was..a case of unity in diversity; the metallurgist and potter utilized each other's products and wastes.

1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire i. 33 Only the art of pyrotechny, the hands-on manipulation of chemical reagents by means of fire, taught him that his theoretical knowledge was of ‘no value’.

a. The art of making or using fireworks, esp. for scenic display; pyrotechnics.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > making or managing of

pyrotechny1635

pyroboly1732

pyrotechnics1778

1635 J. Babington (title) Pyrotechnia or a discourse of Artificiall Fireworkes for Pleasure, in which the true grounds of y^e Art are plainely and perspicuously laid downe.

1708 tr. J. Ozanam Recreations Math. & Physical 501 Many other different ways may such Rockets be made.., for which the curious may consult the Authors that have writ particular Treatises of Pyrotechny.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Rocket In Pyrotechnia, an artificial Fire-work.

1835 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara (ed. 2) I. vii. 176 All the fire-workers of Lahore seemed to be exerting their talents in pyrotechny.

1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 94 The powdery spores [of Lycopodium]..are highly inflammable, and used in pyrotechny under the name of vegetable brimstone.

1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xlii. 418 Mixed with potassium nitrate and sulphur, it [sc. arsenic disulphide] is used in pyrotechny as Bengal fire.

1989 Theatre Res. Internat. 14 1 Pyrotechny eventually became independent of popular and Carnival-like displays, and an established feature of court entertainments.

b. figurative. Any brilliant or sensational performance, work, or display; = pyrotechnics n. 3.Sometimes with implications of superficiality or showiness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [noun]

stage-work1649

scenery1726

theatricalness1727

dramatizing1808

show1822

theatricality1837

pyrotechny1845

theatricalism1854

sensational1861

sensationalism1862

sensationism1862

theatricism1872

theatricalization1875

dramaticism1878

dramatism1880

spectacularity1883

spectacularism1888

theatre1926

son et lumière1968

1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 328 These French do make such a noise in the world, partly with real cannons, partly with artificial volcanoes and puerile pyrotechny of all kinds.

1855 E. L. Youmans in N.Y. Tribune 23 Oct. Brilliant coruscations of thought, and a blaze of imaginative pyrotechny.

1889 Musical Times 30 23 The show-pieces he played later on were the most tawdry specimens of musical pyrotechny that we have heard for a long time.

1905 J. C. Collins Plays & Poems R. Greene I. 68 Every step which we take is taken in thick darkness, not irradiated, but rendered visible by the spluttering pyrotechny of meteoric theories and bavin conjecture.

1992 Times (Nexis) 31 Oct. There is little of the pyrotechny and outrageous invention which characterises the work of the last Swiss chef I wrote about.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyrotechny
释义	pyrotechnyn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪrə(ʊ)ˌtɛkni/, U.S. /ˈpaɪroʊˌtɛkni/ Forms: α. 1500s pyrotechnie, 1500s– pyrotechny. β. 1500s–1700s pyrotechnia. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an Italian lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pyro- comb. form, -techny comb. form. Etymology: < pyro- comb. form + -techny comb. form, apparently after either Italian pirotechnia (1540 in the title of V. Biringucci De la pirotechnia, a treatise on the uses of fire in the arts and industry), French pyrotechnie (1556, in the title of J. Vincent La pyrotechnie, ou l'art du feu), or post-classical Latin pyrotechnia (1579 in chemistry, 1611 with reference to fireworks).In form pyrotechnia after post-classical Latin pyrotechnia. 1. The manufacture and use of gunpowder for military purposes, as in the making of bombs, mines, ammunition, rockets, incendiaries, etc. Now rare.In quot. 1583: a military device of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition pyrotechny1579 pyrotechnics1729 gunmaking1846 munition1916 1579 in L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos (title page) Whereto he hath also adioyned certaine Questions of great Ordinaunce, resolued in his other Treatise of Pyrotechny and great Artillerie, hereafter to be published. 1583 S. Saxey Straunge & Wonderfull Example Iudgement Almighty God sig. [Cv] They shoulde bee builded vpon the rocke whiche..neyther earthquakes, nor pyrotechnies may vndermine and ouercast. 1591 T. Digges L. Digges's Geom. Pract. Treatize: Pantometria (rev. ed.) 176 Certaine Diffinitions, taken out of my thirde Booke of Pyrotechnie Militarie, and great Artillerie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 89 Some as Beringuccio in his Pyrotechny affirmeth, have promised to make it red. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Military Pyrotechny teaches the Art of making all sorts of Fire-Arms. 1708 tr. J. Ozanam Recreations Math. & Physical 481 Pyrotechny is an Art that teaches to make Fire-works of all sorts, whether for War or for Diversion. Of the first kind, are Grenades, Bombs, Carcasses, Petards, Mines, and such other Machines of War. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Pyrotechny is of two kinds, Military, and Chymical. 1827 Battalion Order No. 80 6 Sept. in J. Davis Papers (1971) I. 91 The following Cadets..will attend daily at the L[ab]oratory..to receive instruction in Pyrotechny. 1867 J. G. Benton Course Instr. Ordnance & Gunnery (ed. 3) vii. 356 The term composition is applied to all mechanical mixtures which, by combustion, produce the effects sought to be attained in pyrotechny. 1961 Mil. Affairs 25 76/2 The French artillery establishment included a central school of pyrotechny at Metz. 2. The use of fire in the analysis, alteration, or preparation of substances, in chemistry, pharmacy, metallurgy, etc. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > pyrotechny pyrotechny1592 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > branches of metallurgy pyrotechny1592 metallostatics1665 siderurgy1869 metallography1871 physical metallurgy1905 pyrometallurgy1909 powder metallurgy1933 1592 J. Dee Autobiogr. Tracts vii. 30 in Chetham Misc. (1851) I My three laboratories serving for Pyrotechnia. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §80 Mechanick experiments of Pyrotechny. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Chymical Pyrotechny teaches the Art of managing Fire in Chymical Operations. 1701 Bellum Medicinale 58 They are not yet well skilled in Pharmacy, especially in the chief Part of it, Pyrotechny. 1964 Science 4 Dec. 1265/2 Early pyrotechny was..a case of unity in diversity; the metallurgist and potter utilized each other's products and wastes. 1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire i. 33 Only the art of pyrotechny, the hands-on manipulation of chemical reagents by means of fire, taught him that his theoretical knowledge was of ‘no value’. 3. a. The art of making or using fireworks, esp. for scenic display; pyrotechnics. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > making or managing of pyrotechny1635 pyroboly1732 pyrotechnics1778 1635 J. Babington (title) Pyrotechnia or a discourse of Artificiall Fireworkes for Pleasure, in which the true grounds of y^e Art are plainely and perspicuously laid downe. 1708 tr. J. Ozanam Recreations Math. & Physical 501 Many other different ways may such Rockets be made.., for which the curious may consult the Authors that have writ particular Treatises of Pyrotechny. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Rocket In Pyrotechnia, an artificial Fire-work. 1835 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara (ed. 2) I. vii. 176 All the fire-workers of Lahore seemed to be exerting their talents in pyrotechny. 1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 94 The powdery spores [of Lycopodium]..are highly inflammable, and used in pyrotechny under the name of vegetable brimstone. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xlii. 418 Mixed with potassium nitrate and sulphur, it [sc. arsenic disulphide] is used in pyrotechny as Bengal fire. 1989 Theatre Res. Internat. 14 1 Pyrotechny eventually became independent of popular and Carnival-like displays, and an established feature of court entertainments. b. figurative. Any brilliant or sensational performance, work, or display; = pyrotechnics n. 3.Sometimes with implications of superficiality or showiness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [noun] stage-work1649 scenery1726 theatricalness1727 dramatizing1808 show1822 theatricality1837 pyrotechny1845 theatricalism1854 sensational1861 sensationalism1862 sensationism1862 theatricism1872 theatricalization1875 dramaticism1878 dramatism1880 spectacularity1883 spectacularism1888 theatre1926 son et lumière1968 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 328 These French do make such a noise in the world, partly with real cannons, partly with artificial volcanoes and puerile pyrotechny of all kinds. 1855 E. L. Youmans in N.Y. Tribune 23 Oct. Brilliant coruscations of thought, and a blaze of imaginative pyrotechny. 1889 Musical Times 30 23 The show-pieces he played later on were the most tawdry specimens of musical pyrotechny that we have heard for a long time. 1905 J. C. Collins Plays & Poems R. Greene I. 68 Every step which we take is taken in thick darkness, not irradiated, but rendered visible by the spluttering pyrotechny of meteoric theories and bavin conjecture. 1992 Times (Nexis) 31 Oct. There is little of the pyrotechny and outrageous invention which characterises the work of the last Swiss chef I wrote about. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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