empyreuma Meaning, Definition & Usage

Em`py*reu"ma noun
Etymology
NL., from Gr. a live coal covered with ashes, fr. to set on fire, fr. : cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

Webster 1913