单词 | pyrosophy |
释义 | † pyrosophyn. Obsolete. rare. A branch of knowledge dealing with the nature and effects of fire and heat; = pyrology n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > science of heat or fire thermotics1831 pyrosophy1832 thermology1838 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher II. ii. 174 I would willingly elude the experiment, and take the wings of the ancient pyrosophy. 1846 J. C. Brown tr. T. Arbousset & F. Daumas Narr. Explor. (1852) xxi. 309 Who can tell all the ingredients which may enter into the product of a pyrosophy [Fr. pyrosophie] so new? 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1054/2 Pyrosophia, term for the knowledge of the nature and properties of fire or heat: pyrosophy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1832 |
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