Associations to the word «Empyreuma»

Noun

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Wiktionary

EMPYREUMA, noun. (obsolete) (chemistry) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
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