trismegistn.
/ˈtrɪsmɪɡɪst/ Used allusively of a person resembling Hermes Trismegistos.
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the world > matter > alchemy > [noun] > alchemist
alchemisterc1405
alchemist?c1425
alkanamyer?c1475
chemic1559
chemist1559
vulcanist?1586
spagyric1593
adeptus1650
elementarist1651
spagyrist1652
trismegist1657
adeptist1662
spagyrite1666
adept1673
transmuter1826
astro-alchemist1876
1657 H. Pinnell tr. Crollius Philos. Reformed A viij He that listed himselfe a true Chymist, had faire hopes to become a great Trismegist.
Derivatives
trismeˈgistian adj. = trismegistical adj.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective]
curiousc1384
mystical1516
cabbalisticala1593
occult1593
hermetical1605
cabbalistic1625
hermetica1637
adeptical1662
trismegistic1678
trismegistical1678
trismegistian1694
Sibylline1817
Sibyllica1849
occultist1893
widdershins1926
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xlvi Is this all that the Trismegistian Bottle's Word means?
trismeˈgistic adj. = trismegistical adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective]
curiousc1384
mystical1516
cabbalisticala1593
occult1593
hermetical1605
cabbalistic1625
hermetica1637
adeptical1662
trismegistic1678
trismegistical1678
trismegistian1694
Sibylline1817
Sibyllica1849
occultist1893
widdershins1926
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 307 Δεύτερον θεὸν, as the Hermaick or Trismegistick Writers call it, The Second God.
1913 19th Cent. Jan. 178 The extant tractates and fragments of this Trismegistic literature.
trismeˈgistical adj. belonging or ascribed to, following, or having the character of Hermes Trismegistus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective]
curiousc1384
mystical1516
cabbalisticala1593
occult1593
hermetical1605
cabbalistic1625
hermetica1637
adeptical1662
trismegistic1678
trismegistical1678
trismegistian1694
Sibylline1817
Sibyllica1849
occultist1893
widdershins1926
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 323 Books, called Hermetical and Trismegistical.
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