alchemicaladj.

Brit.

/alˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S.

/ælˈkɛmək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s alchimicall, 1500s–1600s alchymicall, 1500s–1700s alchimical, 1500s–1800s alchymical, 1700s– alchemical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin alchimicus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin alchimicus alchemic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare later alchemic adj., and also later chemical adj.

1. Of or relating to alchemy.

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the world > matter > alchemy > [adjective]

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1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 338 Al are prepared in certain Alchymical vessels and by the force of the fire.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1168/2 After the order of circulation in alchimicall art.

1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 206 Made by proiection or multiplication Alchimicall.

1685 E. Browne Brief Acct. Trav. Europe (ed. 2) 8 At my coming away, he gave me a Catalogue of some hundreds of Alchymical Manuscripts, which are in that Library.

1743 R. James Medicinal Dict. I. lxxxvii That impious Tribe, who endeavour only at procuring Applause to their Theories..which is the Way of Basil Valentine, and most of the Alchemical Authors.

1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. v. xxxvi. 264 The later Greeks had likewise many alchemical writers.

1853 M. Faraday Lect. Introd. 9 The early days of chemical, or more properly speaking, alchemical philosophy.

1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Mars, the alchemical name for iron.

1916 Sci. Monthly July 65 Astrological and alchemical verbiage obscured truths well known 300 years before Christ.

1978 J. Senior Death Christian Culture iv. 54 The leaden-faced Canon's yeoman whose skin was yellowed by alchemical furnaces.

2005 L. Kassell Med. & Magic in Elizabethan London (2007) iv. viii. 174 Alchemical texts recorded procedures, recipes, and principles of operation encoded in tropes and other devices.

2. figurative and in figurative context.

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1603 A. Willet Antilogie to Apologicall Epist. iii. 40 So then he hath rapped foorth three vntruths together: such a plentifull forge this Frier hath, to coyne his Alchymicall stuffe.

1825 Lancet 22 Jan. 77/1 Wisdom does not consist so much in enjoying what is really good, as in making, by a peculiar alchemical process of the mind, what is really bad subservient to useful purposes.

1896 P. B. Randolph Eulis! (ed. 3) i. 138 No wicked person can truly love and remain wicked. That is the redemptive, salvatory and alchemical power of the divine principle!

1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun v. 101 We must therefore imagine the interior of the Sun as some gigantic kind of natural alchemical laboratory where the transformation of various elements into one another takes place.

1994 M. Williamson Illuminata (new ed.) i. iii. 48 As we surrender our despair to the process of God's alchemical action within us, the pain moves through us more quickly.

2012 Independent on Sunday 12 Feb. (New Review) 19/2 I see relationships like an alchemical crucible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alchemical
释义	alchemicaladj. Brit. /alˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S. /ælˈkɛmək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s alchimicall, 1500s–1600s alchymicall, 1500s–1700s alchimical, 1500s–1800s alchymical, 1700s– alchemical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin alchimicus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin alchimicus alchemic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare later alchemic adj., and also later chemical adj. 1. Of or relating to alchemy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > [adjective] alchemical1559 alchemistical1559 alchemic1576 chemic1576 spagyrical1594 spagyric1596 alchymistrical1682 alchemistic1689 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 338 Al are prepared in certain Alchymical vessels and by the force of the fire. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1168/2 After the order of circulation in alchimicall art. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 206 Made by proiection or multiplication Alchimicall. 1685 E. Browne Brief Acct. Trav. Europe (ed. 2) 8 At my coming away, he gave me a Catalogue of some hundreds of Alchymical Manuscripts, which are in that Library. 1743 R. James Medicinal Dict. I. lxxxvii That impious Tribe, who endeavour only at procuring Applause to their Theories..which is the Way of Basil Valentine, and most of the Alchemical Authors. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. v. xxxvi. 264 The later Greeks had likewise many alchemical writers. 1853 M. Faraday Lect. Introd. 9 The early days of chemical, or more properly speaking, alchemical philosophy. 1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Mars, the alchemical name for iron. 1916 Sci. Monthly July 65 Astrological and alchemical verbiage obscured truths well known 300 years before Christ. 1978 J. Senior Death Christian Culture iv. 54 The leaden-faced Canon's yeoman whose skin was yellowed by alchemical furnaces. 2005 L. Kassell Med. & Magic in Elizabethan London (2007) iv. viii. 174 Alchemical texts recorded procedures, recipes, and principles of operation encoded in tropes and other devices. 2. figurative and in figurative context. ΚΠ 1603 A. Willet Antilogie to Apologicall Epist. iii. 40 So then he hath rapped foorth three vntruths together: such a plentifull forge this Frier hath, to coyne his Alchymicall stuffe. 1825 Lancet 22 Jan. 77/1 Wisdom does not consist so much in enjoying what is really good, as in making, by a peculiar alchemical process of the mind, what is really bad subservient to useful purposes. 1896 P. B. Randolph Eulis! (ed. 3) i. 138 No wicked person can truly love and remain wicked. That is the redemptive, salvatory and alchemical power of the divine principle! 1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun v. 101 We must therefore imagine the interior of the Sun as some gigantic kind of natural alchemical laboratory where the transformation of various elements into one another takes place. 1994 M. Williamson Illuminata (new ed.) i. iii. 48 As we surrender our despair to the process of God's alchemical action within us, the pain moves through us more quickly. 2012 Independent on Sunday 12 Feb. (New Review) 19/2 I see relationships like an alchemical crucible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1559
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