empyreuma
/ (ˌɛmpɪˈruːmə) /
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noun plural -mata (-mətə)
the smell and taste associated with burning vegetable and animal matter
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First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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C17: from Greek, from empureuein to set on fire
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Example sentences from the Web for empyreuma
Empyreuma, the smell arising from organic matter when subjected to the action of fire, but not enough to carbonize it entirely.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|VariousEmpyreuma, em-pir-ū′ma, n. the burned smell and acrid taste which result when vegetable or animal substances are burned:—pl.
Its colour is yellow, and it smells and tastes a little of the empyreuma, occasioned by torrefying the Yelks.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.|Pierre Joseph MacquerThe Edinburgh College directs—As much water only is to be employed as will prevent empyreuma during the distillation.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley