a. [f. Gr. ἐμπυρευματ- stem of ἐμπύρευμα + -IC.] Pertaining to, or having the quality of, EMPYREUMA; tasting or smelling of burnt organic matter.
1669. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Chym., 163. That fetid empyreumatic oyl which we see.
1746. R. James, Introd. Moufets Healths Improv., 42. The Mass is of a disagreeable Smell, empyreumatic, bitter.
1791. Hamilton, Berthollets Dyeing, I. I. I. v. 78. A dark coloured and empyreumatic phlegm.
1862. Cornh. Mag., VI. 607. One pipe represents a dose of nicotine and empyreumatic oil.