al‧che‧my /ˈælkəmi/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: alquemie, from Medieval Latin alchymia, from Arabic al-kimiya 'the alchemy', from Late Greek chemeia; ⇒ chemotherapy]
1. a science studied in the Middle Ages, that involved trying to change ordinary metals into gold
2. literary magic
—alchemist noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲