alkahestic

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist

Questions about alkahestic

What does alkahestic mean?

alkahestic means "of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist".

How many syllables are in alkahestic?

alkahestic has 4 syllables and divides as al-ka-he-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is alkahestic a common word?

alkahestic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.