alkahest, alcahest, universal solvent
(noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alkahest (plural alkahests)
(now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. [from 17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Al"ka*hest, n. Etym: [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.]
Definition: The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
– Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 January 2025
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
