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alchemy

alc·hemy

US/ˈælkəmi/ uncommon slang

noun

1.
2.

the way two individuals relate to each other

  • “their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other”
  • “a mysterious alchemy brought them together”
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Origin

From Old French alkimie, arquemie (French alchimie), from Medieval Latin alchēmia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”).

Phrases

  • elixir of life
  • philosophers' stone
  • practical alchemy

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