Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
      as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.

   2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.

   3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as,
      meteoric fame. ``Meteoric politician.'' --Craik.

   {Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}.

   {Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found
      floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
      -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
      meteors.

   {Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
      occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
      November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
      some other periods.