spagyric

American  

[spuh-jeer-ik] / spəˈdʒɪər ɪk /

Sometimes spagyrical

adjective

1. pertaining to or resembling alchemy; alchemic.

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spagyric British  

/ spəˈdʒɪrɪk /

adjective

1. rare of or relating to alchemy

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Other Word Forms

• spagyrically adverb

Etymology

Origin of spagyric

First recorded in 1550–1600; from New Latin spagiricus, used and probably coined by Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus

Example Sentences

There was in the German town of Staufen a spagyric philosopher who had, like yourself, connection with a Salamander.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

"Here are some of my doings," he said, "which are proof enough that the spagyric art is not the dream of an empty brain."

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

That old spagyric raven is not the man fit for such a beauty, and I am rather inclined to take an interest in her myself.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

Examine it by spagyric art, and you will find that it is nothing else than a nitrous salt, which is dilated in the water.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton

"Zosimus, sir, Zosimus of Panopolis, was a learned Greek, who flourished at Alexandria in the third century of the Christian era, and wrote treatises on the spagyric art."

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.