alchemisticadj.

Brit.

/ˌalkəˈmɪstɪk/, U.S.

/ˌælkəˈmɪstɪk/

Forms: 1600s alchymistick, 1700s alchymistic, 1700s– alchemistic, 1800s alchymistic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alchimisticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin alchimisticus of or relating to alchemy, alchemical (from 13th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources; also in forms alkimisticus, alcumisticus) < alchimista alchemist n. + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. Compare Middle French alchimistique (16th cent.), Italian alchimistico (1585); also German alchimistisch (a1538). Compare earlier alchemistical adj., and also earlier chemistic adj., alchemic adj., alchemical adj.

1. Of or relating to alchemy or alchemists; alchemical.

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the world > matter > alchemy > [adjective]

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the world > matter > alchemy > [adjective] > alchemist

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1689 C. Packe tr. J. R. Glauber Wks. i. 240 The Alchymistick Virtues absconded in Vitriol.

1727 P. Shaw & E. Chambers tr. H. Boerhaave New Method Chem. ii. 217 Now if we read the alchemistic authors, we find nothing of iron or copper thus converted into gold.

1767 B. Franklin Let. 6 July in Papers (1970) XIV. 210 I am much oblig'd..to you for sending me those ingenious Alchemistic Letters.

1818 European Mag. Sept. 233/2 These extracts are given as a specimen of the strange method in which alchymistic writers affect to explain their arcana.

1846 E. J. Sabine tr. A. von Humboldt Cosmos (1849) II. 342 What was accidentally remarked in alchemistic laboratories.

1902 Chem. News 31 Jan. 49/1 (heading) Bronzing methods in the alchemistic Leyden papyri.

1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum lxxxii. 451 All alchemistic talk..is only a metaphor, a metaphor clear to the initiated, for this age-old auscultation whose final result will be..global knowledge.

2006 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 28 Dec. 30 Proponents of anthroposophic medicine (based on ancient alchemistic and homeopathic notions) make two claims about mistletoe.

2. figurative.

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1848 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 11 Aug. If this bill contains one soporific quality, my alchymistic skill does not enable me to detect it.

1854 Lady Lytton Behind Scenes II. ii. xiii. 310 The true alchymistic secret of accumulation—that of saving farthings.

1974 C. Dowell Mrs. October Was Here 42 They agreed that what occurred in the cup was alchemistic, and that the hairy hands..of a lovely youngish waiter could indeed be the philosophers' stone.

2010 Irish Times (Nexis) 24 Nov. 15 Was the Government not merely following the alchemistic remedy favoured by successive administrations?

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

单词	alchemistic
释义	alchemisticadj. Brit. /ˌalkəˈmɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌælkəˈmɪstɪk/ Forms: 1600s alchymistick, 1700s alchymistic, 1700s– alchemistic, 1800s alchymistic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alchimisticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin alchimisticus of or relating to alchemy, alchemical (from 13th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources; also in forms alkimisticus, alcumisticus) < alchimista alchemist n. + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. Compare Middle French alchimistique (16th cent.), Italian alchimistico (1585); also German alchimistisch (a1538). Compare earlier alchemistical adj., and also earlier chemistic adj., alchemic adj., alchemical adj. 1. Of or relating to alchemy or alchemists; alchemical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > [adjective] alchemical1559 alchemistical1559 alchemic1576 chemic1576 spagyrical1594 spagyric1596 alchymistrical1682 alchemistic1689 the world > matter > alchemy > [adjective] > alchemist alchemistical1559 chemical1599 spagyrical1652 adeptical1662 arch-chemic1667 alchemistic1689 1689 C. Packe tr. J. R. Glauber Wks. i. 240 The Alchymistick Virtues absconded in Vitriol. 1727 P. Shaw & E. Chambers tr. H. Boerhaave New Method Chem. ii. 217 Now if we read the alchemistic authors, we find nothing of iron or copper thus converted into gold. 1767 B. Franklin Let. 6 July in Papers (1970) XIV. 210 I am much oblig'd..to you for sending me those ingenious Alchemistic Letters. 1818 European Mag. Sept. 233/2 These extracts are given as a specimen of the strange method in which alchymistic writers affect to explain their arcana. 1846 E. J. Sabine tr. A. von Humboldt Cosmos (1849) II. 342 What was accidentally remarked in alchemistic laboratories. 1902 Chem. News 31 Jan. 49/1 (heading) Bronzing methods in the alchemistic Leyden papyri. 1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum lxxxii. 451 All alchemistic talk..is only a metaphor, a metaphor clear to the initiated, for this age-old auscultation whose final result will be..global knowledge. 2006 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 28 Dec. 30 Proponents of anthroposophic medicine (based on ancient alchemistic and homeopathic notions) make two claims about mistletoe. 2. figurative. ΚΠ 1848 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 11 Aug. If this bill contains one soporific quality, my alchymistic skill does not enable me to detect it. 1854 Lady Lytton Behind Scenes II. ii. xiii. 310 The true alchymistic secret of accumulation—that of saving farthings. 1974 C. Dowell Mrs. October Was Here 42 They agreed that what occurred in the cup was alchemistic, and that the hairy hands..of a lovely youngish waiter could indeed be the philosophers' stone. 2010 Irish Times (Nexis) 24 Nov. 15 Was the Government not merely following the alchemistic remedy favoured by successive administrations? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1689
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