empyreal

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English

WOTD – 11 May 2009

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin empyreus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios, “fiery”), from ἐν (en, “en-”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (English pyre).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

empyreal (not comparable)

Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean
Synonyms: celestial, sublime, exalted
Of the sky or heavens.
Fiery, made of pure fire.

Synonyms

(pertaining to the highest heaven): celestial, empyrean, exalted.
(made of pure fire): fiery

Translations

pertaining to the highest heaven

Czech: nebeský (cs)
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Scottish Gaelic: nèamhaidh

of the sky or heavens

Czech: nebeský (cs)
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Scottish Gaelic: nèamhaidh

made of pure fire

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See also

empyrical

References

“empyreal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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