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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

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Amidum

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Amidum

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At a Glance

The word. A flour preparation described through whiteness and sun exposure.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331.

Historical Definition

Amidum, or Amilum, is the whitest flour made into bread in the sun.

Meaning

This unusually compressed definition joins a material, an appearance and a mode of preparation. Both Amidum and Amilum belong in the index. The wording should be retained even where it is unfamiliar: silently substituting a familiar modern product would conceal what the printed source actually says. A passage using the term may make the process clearer, but this entry alone gives neither a complete recipe nor the exact intended consistency of its “bread.”

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Amidum

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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.