1. Plural of chymic; practitioners or students of chymistry (an archaic or alternative spelling of chemistry, especially alchemy or early modern chemistry).
Usage: archaic; historical; chiefly used in 16th–17th century texts

Examples

• The chymics of the Renaissance sought to transmute base metals into gold.
• Medieval chymics conducted experiments in their laboratories with mysterious substances.
• Early modern chymics contributed to the development of modern chemistry.
• The treatise described the methods employed by learned chymics across Europe.