Word of the Day – Alembic

Alembic (adj)

al-em-bik

A distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a gourd-shaped container and a cap with a long beak for conveying the products to a receiver.

Middle English via Old French from medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-‘anbīq, from al- ‘the’ + ‘anbīq ‘still’ (from Greek ambix, ambik- ‘cup, cap of a still’).

Example sentences

“The alembic was an essential piece of equipment for the alchemist.”