DiotimosReading Desk

Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

Explore the Lexicon
A Chymical DictionaryZuitter

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Edition · Branch 198 of 740

Zuitter

Book Mode

A Chymical Dictionary

p. 198

Zuitter

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Two forms referred to the historical category marcasite.

In the book. Zinck is also called a metallic marcasite, but receives an additional account of four immature metals.

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

Historical Definition

Zuitter or Zitter is a marcasite.

Meaning

The indefinite a matters: the entry places the named material in a category, rather than describing every material called marcasite. No color, structure or metal content is supplied here.

Use in the Book

Zinck is also called a metallic marcasite, but receives an additional account of four immature metals. The longer description belongs to that entry and should not be transferred wholesale to Zuitter.

Places to Read

Zinck. A metallic material explained through marcasite and immature metals.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Zuitter; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 376; compare Zinck

See also. Zinck

198

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.

Rights

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.