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alcahest

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al⋅ca⋅hest

  [al-kuh-hest]
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–noun
alkahest.

al⋅ka⋅hest

  [al-kuh-hest]
–noun
the universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
Also, alcahest.

Origin:
1635–45; < late ML alchahest; prob. coinage of Paracelsus

Related forms:
al⋅ka⋅hes⋅tic, al⋅ka⋅hes⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
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alkahest 
"universal solvent sought by alchemists," 1641, from Fr. alcahest, from M.L. alcahest, a pseudo-Arabic word coined by Paracelsus (see alchemy).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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