alchemic, a.
(ælˈkɛmɪk)
Also alchym-.
[ad. med.L. alchimic-us or Fr. alchimique. See alchemy and -ic.]
Of or pertaining to alchemy. Also fig.
| 1815 F. Barrett Alchem. Philos. Pref., The same alchemic knowledge is ascribed to Saint John the Divine. 1835 Blackw. Mag. XXXVII. 440 Sweet as ottar of roses distilled by the alchymic sun. 1856 R. Vaughan Ho. w. Mystics II. viii. viii. 290 Theosophists who mingled in hopeless confusion, religious doctrine, and alchemic process. |