empyreal

From Latin empyreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios, “fiery”), from ἐν (en, “en-”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (English pyre).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛmˈpɪɹɪəl/, /ɛmpɪˈɹiː.əl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/

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empyreal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean

   Synonyms: celestial, sublime, exalted

2. Of the sky or heavens.
3. Fiery, made of pure fire.

• (pertaining to the highest heaven): celestial, empyrean, exalted.
• (made of pure fire): fiery

• empyrical

• empyreal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.