chrysopoeia
UK/kɹɪsəˈpiːə/
chrysopoeia noun: transmutation into gold.
Noun
chrysopoeia (uncountable)
- Transmutation into gold.
- Actually, in the beginning, Toledo himself was as bent on reperforming the chrysopoeia as anyone. He was driven by greed, more than the hunger for discovery and glory, which is what drove our father.Cassanda Ryan, The Kingdom of Sagely - Legacy of a Dragoness (page 262)
Forms of chrysopoeia
| alternative form (obsolete) | chrysopœia |
|---|
Origin of chrysopoeia
Derived from Ancient Greek χρυσοποιία (khrusopoiía).
Words formed from chrysopoeia
Questions about chrysopoeia
- What does chrysopoeia mean?
- Chrysopoeia means transmutation into gold.
- What part of speech is chrysopoeia?
- Chrysopoeia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chrysopoeia?
- Chrysopoeia is pronounced /kɹɪsəˈpiːə/ (UK).
Words near chrysopoeia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chrysopoeia (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: ChrysopoeiaUSPronunc.wav.
Cite this entry: “chrysopoeia.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chrysopoeia. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.