chymist
- noun
- /ˈkaɪmɪst/
- Archaic
:
químico
- In the 15th century, a skilled chymist used alchemical practices to attempt to turn lead into gold.
Examples
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Betimes have I met chymists ready to jest at transmutation, but they do not answer when asked to justify vitreous logs or petrified forests.
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But the days of hermetic chymists are reckoned differently, being more or less than common days.
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When at the end of time all things throw aside their cover, every chymist and physician must stand up to be recognized so that we learn which kept to the foundations of science and which did not.
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Mayhap our foreign chymist goes chasing the nonexistent light.
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Regard this Chymist.
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I have said that chymists who seek out nature's probities or inclinations should consult within themselves, only then addressing externalities.
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Chymist Ninian Bres testifies that he saw them hundreds of years later on the Boulevard du Temple near the Opera strolling arm-in-arm!
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Narrow clerics and such-like chymists I abhor, that nigrify a realm with prejudice.
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Many a chymist devoted their life to the pursuit of the philosopher's stone, believing it could grant immortality.
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The writings of ancient chymists reveal their deep fascination with the mysteries of nature and transformation.
Synonyms
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A person who tries to turn common metals into gold and find a medicine that makes people live longer
Surface Forms
Morphology
chymist = alchemist (opaque) = chym + ist
Although the form mirrors 'chemist', this sense specifically denotes an alchemical practitioner; knowing modern 'chemist' does not reliably signal the historical/alchemical meaning for learners.
Etymology
Chymist comes from the same root as alchemy and the Arabic word al-kīmiyā', which meant the 'art of change'. Long ago, a chymist was an alchemist who tried to turn common metals into gold or find the philosopher's stone, so the word is about making great changes.