chemic
adjective
chem·ic ˈke-mik 
1
archaic : alchemic
2
: chemical
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Medieval Latin chimicus, chymicus "alchemical," short for alchymicus, alkymicus, from alchymia, alkimia alchemy + -icus -ic entry 1
Note: As with other words that ultimately descend from alchemy, the e has been restored in spelling after Late Greek chēmeîa. Compare chemist, chemistry, and see the note at chemist.
First Known Use
1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- sansevierias
- Sanskrit
- self-constituted
- self-consuming
- self-contained
- self-contained ornament
- self-containedly
- self-containedness
- self-containment
- self-contamination
- self-contemplation
- self-contemplations
- self-contempt
- self-contempts
- self-content
- self-contented
- self-contentedly
- self-contentedness
- self-contentment
- self-contradiction
- self-contradictory
- self-control
- self-controlled
- self-copulation
- pararthria