ALKAHEST


Meaning of ALKAHEST in English

[ 'alkəhɛst ]

(also alcahest )

■ noun historical the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists.

Origin

C17: sham Arab., prob. invented by the 16th-cent. Swiss physician Paracelsus.

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