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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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Cedurini

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At a Glance

The word. An evaluative name for people judged slow of understanding.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342.

Historical Definition

Cedurini are dull-witted people.

Meaning

This is a judgement about people, not a material ingredient or an illness defined by symptoms. Its usefulness lies in recognizing the polemical or evaluative register of a sentence. A writer who applies it is characterizing someone’s understanding rather than supplying a technical diagnosis.

The dictionary includes many such person-names beside substance entries. Identifying that grammatical role can remove an apparent mystery before the reader searches for a chemical equivalent. The edition retains the meaning while attributing the evaluation to the historical speaker.

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Idiotæ. A polemical name for those who reject true arts while practising false ones.

Sophistæ. A name that can praise expertise or condemn deception.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Cedurini ; compare Idiotæ, Sophistæ

See also. Idiotæ; Sophistæ

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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.

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.