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fire philosopher

noun

Etymology

A calque of Latin philosophus per ignem (“philosopher by fire”).

Definitions

  1. Synonym of alchemist.

    • Most of such experiments were made by means of fire, and hence, […] the experimenters were termed Alchemists, meaning “The Firists,” or “The Fire Philosophers;” […]

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