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Definition of "chymist" [chymist]

  • Obsolete spelling of chemist. (noun)

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Use "chymist" in a sentence
  • "The old-fashioned spelling was "chymist," and there are still one or two shops in London where this spelling holds, but I think it's affectation."
  • "A chymist is locally at rest; but his mind is hard at work."
  • "He carefully fit the sieve into the throat of a flask, and turned to Gaspare, who was bent over the vessel like a chymist before his alembic."