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elixirist

noun

Etymology

From elixir + -ist.

  1. derived from ξηρίον
  2. derived from إكسير — “philosopher's stone”
  3. derived from elixir — “philosopher's stone”
  4. suffixed as elixirist — “elixir + ist”

Definitions

  1. Someone who makes or advocates using elixirs for the curing of ills.

    • If Western thinking arrived at a dualism of “God the father” and “Mother Earth,” Chinese elixirists strove to transcend the yin materiality of earth and rise to the yang spirituality of heaven.

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