1. A person who practices or studies chemistry; a chemist.
Usage: archaic spelling; variant of 'chemist'; primarily historical or literary use

Examples

• The alchemist and chymist sought to transform base metals into gold.
• In the 17th century, a chymist would conduct experiments in a laboratory filled with strange apparatus.
• The chymist carefully mixed the compounds to observe their reactions.
• Early modern chymists laid the groundwork for modern chemistry.
• He studied under a renowned chymist who taught him the secrets of distillation.