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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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Iumnizum

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Iumnizum

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At a Glance

The word. An alternative name for leaven or ferment.

In the book. Kamir is another direct name for ferment.

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

Historical Definition

Iumnizum is leaven or ferment.

Meaning

The pairing of leaven and ferment gives the reader two routes to the same technical category. Neither word requires the referent to be a loaf or a familiar baking ingredient. The fuller Fermentum entry defines a fixed matter through its power to bring another matter to its own nature and fixity.

Use in the Book

Kamir is another direct name for ferment. Read these short entries with Fermentum rather than assigning a different substance to each unfamiliar spelling.

Places to Read

Fermentum. A fixed agent credited with communicating its nature and fixedness.

Kamir. Another name for ferment.

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

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

See also. Fermentum; Kamir

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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.

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

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