pyrotechnic 1. Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of making or managing them; of the nature of a firework. Also more widely, capable of being ignited for technical or military purposes. 2. Resembling or suggesting fireworks; especially said of a brilliant or sensational display of wit, rhetoric, etc. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1813/5