fire philosopher

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of alchemist. obsolete
    — Most of such experiments were made by means of fire, and hence, […] the experimenters were termed Alchemists, meaning “The Firists,” or “The Fire Philosophers;” […]

词形变化

fire philosophers plural

词源

A calque of Latin philosophus per ignem (“philosopher by fire”).
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