Chemic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɛmɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Chemic is an adjective meaning (now rare) Chemical.
Meaning
(now rare) Chemical.
More Meanings
- (now rare) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
- (archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
- (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.
- (obsolete) A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.
- (obsolete, transitive) To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.
Example Sentences
a chymic treasure / Is glittering Youth, which I have spent betimes— / My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into th'earths worthlesse part a soule of gold […]
Word Forms
- chemics
- chemicking
- chemicked
Synonyms for chemic
Depending on context, synonyms include chemical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chemical, alchemical, alchemistical, chemurgical, chemurgic, alchemistic.
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