pyrotechnistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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pyrotechnist (複数形 pyrotechnists)

1. (dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.
   • 1862, The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America

     That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a pyrotechnist for the service of the navy, […]

2. (figuratively) One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
   • 2006, Michel Weber, Nicholas Rescher, Whitehead's Pancreativism

     "It is thus the pyrotechnist (should we say demiurge?) who gives meaning to the so to speak explosive effervescences that are weaving the world of the spectator"