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Alkahest

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Noun
  1. 1
    A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. countable, historical, uncountable

    "This perspective stimulated the alchemical quest for a ‘universal solvent’, that would dissolve and homogenize all substances – a solvent that Paracelsus named the alkahest."

  2. 2
    hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin alcahest, apparently coined by Paracelsus, as Pseudo-Arabism.

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