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An alchemist was a person, mostly in the medieval period, who practiced alchemy — an early, mystical form of chemistry. Alchemists tried to turn ordinary metals into gold and searched for a way to live forever, mixing what we'd now call real science with magic and . Today the word is mostly used in history, fantasy stories, and games, or figuratively for someone who seems to 'magically' turn one thing into something better, like 'a financial alchemist.'
組成al- (Arabic article 'the') + chem(y), from Arabic 'al-kimiya.' An alchemist is simply the person who does alchemy.
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alchemistnoun/ˈæl.kə.mɪst/
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One who practices alchemy.
- [K]nowledge of philtres, aphrodisiacs, and other sexual stimulants spread from the Arabs and the Moors, from Egypt and India into the European herbals, pharmacopeias, and apothecaries’ lore, and, on a more indeterminate level, among alchemists, wizards, and occultists.
- Years later, scientists learned that the sun’s light—visible and invisible—is merely the by-product of a process alchemists had vainly tried to reproduce for centuries—the transmutation of one element into another. That nature accomplishes this before our very eyes, and that it is what creates the solar heat and light that supports all life, was suspected by no one. The revelation came as a complete surprise.
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One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.
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