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Brewer's: Spagiric Food
Cagliostro's “elixir of immortal youth” was so called from the Latin word spagiricus (chemical). Hence, chemistry is termed the “spagiric art,” and a chemist is a spagirist.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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