Today's Word "empyrean"
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empyrean \em-py-REE-uhn; -PEER-ee-\ (noun) - 1 : The highest heaven, in ancient belief usually thought to be a realm of pure fire or light. 2 : Heaven; paradise. 3 : The heavens; the sky.
(adjective) - 1 : Of or pertaining to the empyrean of ancient belief.
"Thomas was one to take an argument into the empyrean were he but given the opportunity, although his friends knew how to bring him back to earth."
Empyrean comes from Medieval Latin empyreum, ultimately from Greek empurios, from en-, "in" + pyr, "fire."
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