Alkahestic

/ælkəˈhɛstɪk/ adjective

Of or relating to the alkahest or the quest to discover a universal solvent.

From alkahest plus the English adjectival suffix -ic. Formed in English during the 17th-19th centuries when alchemy and early chemistry overlapped.

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