alembic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube

Etymology

From French alambic, from Medieval Latin alembīcus, from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Doublet of ambix and lambic.

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