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Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Inanimati

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At a Glance

The word. A term directly identified with Pygmies.

In the book. Gnomi includes Pygmies a cubit long among its several formulations and also describes subterranean corporeal spirits.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 27; facsimile PDF page 355.

Historical Definition

Inanimati are Pygmies.

Meaning

The definition gives no account of the beings’ origin, habitat or size. It should not be expanded from the apparent ordinary sense of the headword into a general claim about everything inanimate. The compiler supplies a particular identification.

Use in the Book

Gnomi includes Pygmies a cubit long among its several formulations and also describes subterranean corporeal spirits. Homunculus has different artificial-human and image senses. These comparisons help a reader recognise neighbouring categories while keeping the brief Inanimati gloss free of additional features that belong to the other definitions.

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Gnomi. Subterranean beings described through several related formulations.

Homunculus. An artificial human being, with an additional image sense.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 27; facsimile PDF page 355 — Facsimile

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

See also. Gnomi; Homunculus

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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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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.