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Iumnizum

An alternative name for leaven or ferment.

From the book

A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Orientation

At a Glance

  • The wordAn alternative name for leaven or ferment.
  • In the bookKamir is another direct name for ferment.
  • A place to readThe 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

  1. IumnizumRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. FermentumA fixed agent credited with communicating its nature and fixedness.
  3. KamirAnother name for ferment.

Source note

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