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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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At a Glance

The word. A hidden watery vapour credited with the generation of stones.

In the book. Derses connects an earthly vapour with the growth of wood, and Leffas does so with herbs and plants.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349.

Historical Definition

Enur is an occult vapour of water by which stones are generated.

Meaning

The vapour is identified through origin and attributed activity. It belongs to water and is said to account for the generation of stones. The definition does not name a visible liquid, isolate a substance or describe the stages by which a stone forms.

Use in the Book

Derses connects an earthly vapour with the growth of wood, and Leffas does so with herbs and plants. These comparisons make clear the dictionary’s use of hidden vapours to explain generation in different settings. Enur’s particular association remains water and stones; a general similarity of function does not erase that distinction.

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Derses. A hidden earthly vapour credited with the growth of wood.

Leffas. An unseen earthly vapour credited with the growth of plants.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Enur

See also. Derses; Leffas

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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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