Definizione monolingua

chemic

chemic (plural chemics)

1. (now rare) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
   • 1633, John Donne, ""The Comparison"":

     like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into thearths worthlesse part a soule of gold [...].

chemic (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
2. (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.217:

     a chymic treasure / Is glittering Youth, which I have spent betimes— / My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.

3. (now rare) Chemical.

Definizione dizionario chemic

Altri significati:

(now rare) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.

(obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.

(now rare) Chemical.

(archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.