alchemical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to alchemy, an early tradition concerned with transforming matter

   The archive contains an alchemical recipe for producing a golden pigment.

2. 2
   adj

   resembling alchemy in producing a remarkable or mysterious transformation

   The chef's alchemical skill turned simple vegetables into a rich feast.

Formed from alchemy with the adjectival suffix -ical. Alchemy came through Old French and Medieval Latin from Arabic al-kimiya, a term for the art of transmutation.

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