Empyreuma

[,empi'ru:mә]

Definition

(n.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

Editor: Peter

Definition

n. the burned smell and acrid taste which result when vegetable or animal substances are burned:—pl. Empyreu′mata.—adjs. Empyreumat′ic -al.—v.t. Empyreu′matise.

Edited by Erna