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alchemy (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: alquemie, from Medieval Latin alchymia, from Arabic al-kimiya 'the alchemy', from Late Greek chemeia; CHEMOTHERAPY]
a science studied in the Middle Ages, that involved trying to change ordinary metals into gold
literary magic
-- alchemist n [C]