Meanings
adjectivealchemical (not comparable)
alternative alchemic
- not comparablealchemyOf or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
[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.
2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025 - not comparableOf or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelated to or concerned with alchemy
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
- Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
- Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
- Medieval Latinalchēmīa
- Old Frenchalkimie
- Englishalchemy
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishalchemical
Translations
Ancient Greek χυμευτικός
- χυμευτικός (khumeutikós)pertaining to alchemy
Catalan alquímic
- alquímicpertaining to alchemy
Czech alchymistický
- alchymistickýpertaining to alchemy
Esperanto alkemia, alĥemia
- alkemiapertaining to alchemy
- alĥemiapertaining to alchemy
French alchimique
- alchimiquepertaining to alchemy
Greek αλχημικός
- αλχημικός (alchimikós)pertaining to alchemy
Hungarian alkímiai
- alkímiaipertaining to alchemy
Indonesian alkimia
- alkimiapertaining to alchemy
Polish alchemiczny
- alchemicznypertaining to alchemy
Portuguese alquímico
- alquímicopertaining to alchemy
Romanian alchimic
- alchimicpertaining to alchemy
Russian алхими́ческий
- алхими́ческий (alximíčeskij)pertaining to alchemy
Spanish alquímico
- alquímicopertaining to alchemy
Swedish alkemisk
- alkemiskpertaining to alchemy
Cite this entry
APA
alchemical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alchemical
MLA
“alchemical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alchemical. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alchemical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alchemical.
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