alkahestic
alkahestic adjective: resembling or relating to alkahest.
Adjective
alkahestic (comparative more alkahestic, superlative most alkahestic)
- Resembling or relating to alkahest.
- His intellect possesses a sort of alkahestic quality. No composite entity but breaks under his mental catalysis, and his sense of continuity seems to dissuade him from dissipating his thought into such grammatical individualities as sentences, for he ramifies his theme with clause after clause, in...1951, Ira Kendrick Stephens, The hermit philosopher of Liendo, page 361
- "Look No Further for the Universal Solvent." I was manufacturing something alkahestic by the gutful, and I had to get rid of it somewhere.1980, Christopher Street Magazine, Aphrodisiac, page 222
Examples of alkahestic in a sentence
- His intellect possesses a sort of alkahestic quality.1951, Ira Kendrick Stephens, The hermit philosopher of Liendo, page 361:
- Roland Wood had already been passed over twice, so he was definitely on the lookout for that alkahestic ledger that would put him on the cutting edge of promotions.2006, Gene Lovell, Passing Grade, →ISBN, page 15:
Forms of alkahestic
| comparative | more alkahestic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most alkahestic |
Origin of alkahestic
From alkahest + -ic.
Questions about alkahestic
- What does alkahestic mean?
- Alkahestic means resembling or relating to alkahest.
- How do you use alkahestic in a sentence?
- His intellect possesses a sort of alkahestic quality.
- What part of speech is alkahestic?
- Alkahestic is an adjective.
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