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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmīabor. Old French alkimieder. English alchemy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English alchemical From alchemy + -ical.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025:
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alchemic | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unalchemical · nonalchemical · alchemically
Translations (15)
ca alquímic (pertaining to alchemy) · eo alkemia (pertaining to alchemy) · grc χυμευτικός (pertaining to alchemy) · ro alchimic (pertaining to alchemy) · fr alchimique (pertaining to alchemy) · id alkimia (pertaining to alchemy) · sv alkemisk (pertaining to alchemy) · el αλχημικός (pertaining to alchemy) · pt alquímico (pertaining to alchemy) · cs alchymistický (pertaining to alchemy) · eo alĥemia (pertaining to alchemy) · ru алхими́ческий (pertaining to alchemy) · pl alchemiczny (pertaining to alchemy) · es alquímico (pertaining to alchemy) · hu alkímiai (pertaining to alchemy)