The Collaborative International Dictionary
Empyreumatic oils
Empyreumatic \Em`py*reu*mat"ic\, Empyreumatical \Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various
organic substances at high temperatures.
--Brande & C.
Usage examples of "empyreumatic oils".
Gin is particularly rich in inflammable, empyreumatic oils, as they are called, and in most cases it is recorded that the catacausis took place among gin-drinkers, old and obese.