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alchemical

English

Alternative forms

  • alchemic

Adjective

alchemical (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
  2. Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
  3. Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.

Translations

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spagyric

English

Alternative forms

  • spageric, spagiric

Etymology

Late Latin spagyricus, from Ancient Greek ???? (spá?, I draw, pull) + ?????? (ageír?, I assemble).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sp??d????k/

Adjective

spagyric (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to alchemy; alchemical, especially regarding medicine.
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 200:
      As such compromises and syntheses suggest, it was not only hardline Paracelsans who embraced spagyric remedies.

Related terms

  • spagyrist

Translations

Noun

spagyric (plural spagyrics)

  1. (obsolete) A spagyrist.

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