adj. Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
adj. Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
adj. Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as alchemic.
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adj. related to or concerned with alchemy
Word Usage
"You know 1/6 of his writingsNewton wrote a tremendous amountwas caught up in alchemical knowledge in one way or the other and he believed that there were secrets to be uncovered, that the ancients had this great knowledge."