English edit

Etymology edit

pyro- +‎ -phor +‎ -ous

Adjective edit

pyrophorous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) light-producing
  2. (archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus

Related terms edit

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pyrophorous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)