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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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Xisinum

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At a Glance

The word. An unqualified vinegar name.

In the book. Warnus refers specifically to the vinegar of philosophers, while Vrina vini has vinegar and bodily senses.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376.

Historical Definition

Xisinum is vinegar.

Meaning

The definition gives the ordinary English equivalent without a further philosophical or material qualifier. That brevity is useful when comparing the different vinegar names in the dictionary.

Use in the Book

Warnus refers specifically to the vinegar of philosophers, while Vrina vini has vinegar and bodily senses. The present entry supplies no additional restriction of that kind.

Places to Read

Warnus. A name referred to philosophical vinegar.

Vrina vini. A wine-qualified name with vinegar and bodily senses.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Xisinum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 376; compare Warnus, Vrina vini

See also. Warnus; Vrina vini

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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.

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

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