1729, from pyrotechnic (also see -ics). Figurative sense is from 1901.
pyromaniac
pyrophobia
pyrophoric
pyrotechnic
pyrotechnician
pyrotechnics
Pyrrhic
pyrrhic
Pyrrhonic
Pythagorean
Pythia
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