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chemic

UK/ˈkɛmɪk/

chemic adjective: practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.

Adjective

chemic (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
  2. (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.
    • a chymic treasure / Is glittering Youth, which I have spent betimes— / My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.217
  3. (archaic) Chemical.

Noun

chemic (plural chemics)

  1. (archaic) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
    • like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into th'earths worthlesse part a soule of gold […]1633, John Donne, The Comparison
  2. (obsolete) A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.

Verb

chemic (third-person singular simple present chemics, present participle chemicking, simple past and past participle chemicked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.

chemic meaning in Tamil and Bengali

chemic in Tamil

வண்ணகக் காரம், வண்ணநீக்கு சவுக்காரம்

chemic in Bengali

রসায়ন চর্চা করা, এই বিজ্ঞান সংক্রান্ত, অ্যালকেমির মাধ্যমে তৈরি, জাল, রাসায়নিক, একজন রসায়নবিদ

Forms of chemic

Adjective
alternative formchymic
alternative formchymick
Noun
pluralchemics
Verb
third-person singular presentchemics
present participlechemicking
past participlechemicked
pastchemicked

Origin of chemic

From New Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus.

Words formed from chemic

Words that rhyme with chemic

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Questions about chemic

What does chemic mean?
Chemic means practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
What is chemic in Tamil?
Chemic in Tamil is வண்ணகக் காரம், வண்ணநீக்கு சவுக்காரம். See Chemic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chemic?
Chemic can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chemic?
Chemic is pronounced /ˈkɛmɪk/ (UK).

Words near chemic in the dictionary

  1. chemi-
  2. chemiatric
  3. chemiatrist
  4. chemiatrists
  5. chemiatry
  6. chemic
  7. chemical
  8. chemical abortion
  9. chemical abortions
  10. chemical affinities
  11. chemical affinity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chemic (page history and authors); chemic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chemic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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