pyrotechny

noun

py·​ro·​tech·​ny

-ni

plural -es

1

archaic : the use and application of fire in science and the arts

2

: pyrotechnic sense 1

Word History

Etymology

Middle French pyrotechnie, from pyr- + Greek technē art, skill + Middle French -ie -y

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