Associations to the word «Alkahest»

Wiktionary

ALKAHEST, noun. (now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. [from 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

ALKAHEST, noun. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope