alchemical

al·che·my  (lk-m)

n.

1. A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity.

2. A seemingly magical power or process of transmuting: "He wondered by what alchemy it was changed, so that what sickened him one hour, maddened him with hunger the next" (Marjorie K. Rawlings).

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[Middle English alkamie, from Old French alquemie, from Medieval Latin alchymia, from Arabic al-kmiy' : al-, the + kmiy', chemistry (from Late Greek khmeia, khumeia, perhaps from Greek Khmia, Egypt).]

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al·chemi·cal (l-km-kl), al·chemic adj.

al·chemi·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.

1.

alchemical - related to or concerned with alchemy alchemic