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chemism
chem·ism
/
ˈkɛm
ɪz
əm
/
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[
kem
-iz-
uh
m
]
Show IPA
noun
chemical action.
Origin:
1850–55;
chem-
+
-ism
, modeled on
French
chimisme,
equivalent to
chim
(
ie
) chemistry +
-isme
-ism
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chemism
(ˈkɛmɪzəm)
—
n
obsolete
chemical action
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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