spagyrist

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 See also

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[edit] Etymology

From modern Latin spagirista, from spagiricus (“‘alchemy’”) (probably invented by Paracelsus).

[edit] Noun

spagyrist (plural spagyrists)

1. (alchemy) An alchemist, especially one who tried to discover remedies for diseases.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 1192:

     Back when I was still a junior alchemist, passing through What Cheer, Iowa, met up with this old-school spagyrist name of Doddling, who showed me how to get silver to grow just like a tree.

[edit] Related terms

• spagyric

[edit] See also

• iatrochemist