alkahest

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈal.kə.hɛst/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. countable,historical,uncountable
    — This perspective stimulated the alchemical quest for a ‘universal solvent’, that would dissolve and homogenize all substances – a solvent that Paracelsus named the alkahest.

词形变化

alkahests plural alcahest alternative

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin alcahest, apparently coined by Paracelsus, as Pseudo-Arabism.
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