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chemick

chemick is the obsolete form of chemic.

Meaning of chemic

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.

See all 6 meanings of chemic

Forms of chemick

Noun
pluralchemicks
Verb
third-person singular presentchemicks
present participlechemicking
past participlechemicked
pastchemicked

Words that rhyme with chemick

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Questions about chemick

What is chemick the obsolete form of?
Chemick is the obsolete form of chemic.

Words near chemick in the dictionary

  1. chemically impaired
  2. chemically inconvenienced
  3. chemically peculiar star
  4. chemically peculiar stars
  5. chemicals
  6. chemick
  7. chemicked
  8. chemicking
  9. chemicks
  10. chemiclave
  11. chemiclaved

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chemick (page history and authors); chemic (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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