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ALKAHESTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alkahestic mean?
• ALKAHESTIC (adjective)
The adjective ALKAHESTIC has 1 sense:
1. of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist
Familiarity information: ALKAHESTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
alkahest (hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists)
Derivation:
alkahest (hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists)
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