different between alchemist vs chemic

English

Etymology

From Old French alquemiste (French alchimiste), from Medieval Latin alchemista. Equivalent to alchemy +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æl.k?.m?st/
• Hyphenation: al?che?mist

Noun

alchemist (plural alchemists)

1. One who practices alchemy.
2. One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:alchemist

Derived terms

• alchemistic
• alchemistical

Related terms

• alchemical
• alchemy

Translations

See also

• elixir, elixir of life
• philosophers' stone, philosopher's stone

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.x??m?st/, /??l.xe??m?st/
• Hyphenation: al?che?mist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

alchemist m (plural alchemisten, diminutive alchemistje n)

1. alchemist

Related terms

• alchemie

English

Alternative forms

• chymic [from 16th c.]
• chymick [16th-18th c.]

Etymology

From Late Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m?k/

  Rhymes: -?m?k

Adjective

chemic (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
2. (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.217:

     a chymic treasure / Is glittering Youth, which I have spent betimes— / My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.

3. (now rare) Chemical.

Noun

chemic (plural chemics)

1. (now rare) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
   • 1633, John Donne, "The Comparison":

     like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into th'earths worthlesse part a soule of gold […]

2. (obsolete) A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.

Verb

chemic (third-person singular simple present chemics, present participle chemicking, simple past and past participle chemicked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.