Alternative or archaic form of empyreumatic; relating to the burnt smell or taste of charred organic compounds.
Extended form of 'empyreumatic' with the additional '-al' suffix, creating an older or more elaborate variant. This doubling of suffixes was common in early scientific terminology.
The existence of 'empyreumatical' versus 'empyreumatic' shows how English scientific language standardized over time—the '-al' suffix was gradually dropped as chemists preferred shorter, more efficient terminology.
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