alchemical

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy. not-comparable
    — [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
  2. Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation. not-comparable
  3. Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material. not-comparable

词形变化

alchemic alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
alchemically nonalchemical unalchemical

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.
Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.
Medieval Latin alchēmīabor.
Old French alkimieder.
English alchemy
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English alchemical
From alchemy + -ical.
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