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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Kymenna

Elements principles and the natural world · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A name for a bubble.

In the book. Lorindt concerns movement or sound in waters.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356.

Historical Definition

Kymenna is a bubble.

Meaning

The entry identifies a form without naming the liquid or vapour in which it appears. A bubble can therefore be what a passage asks the reader to notice, rather than a new substance added to the work. Its material setting has to be recovered from that passage.

Use in the Book

Lorindt concerns movement or sound in waters. Both names can describe an event within a material medium without themselves naming a distinct ingredient.

Places to Read

Lorindt. Waters described through movement or the harmony they produce.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 356, Kymenna

See also. Lorindt

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About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

About This Edition

Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.