Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pyrotechnic"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\,
a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See
{Fire}, {Technical}.]
Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.

{Pyrotechnical sponge}. See under {Sponge}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pyrotechnic
adj 1: of or relating to the draft of making fireworks;
"pyrotechnic smokes" [syn: {pyrotechnical}]
2: suggestive of fireworks; "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity";
"a pyrotechnic wit"


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