apothecary
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothecarius (“storekeeper”), from apotheca (“shop, store”), earlier Latin apotheca (“repository, storehouse, warehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothēkē, “a repository, storehouse”).
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apothecary (plural apothecaries)
- (now historical) A person who makes and provides/sells drugs and/or medicines.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene 3 (First Folio ed.)
- O true Apothecarie!
Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die.
- O true Apothecarie!
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene 3 (First Folio ed.)
- (nonstandard, now historical) A drugstore or pharmacy.
- 1919, S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in Soviet Russia, volume 1, number 27, page 6:
- The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.
- 1998, Karen Holliday Tanner, Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, University of Oklahoma Press (2001), ISBN 978-0-8061-3320-1, pages 205–206:
- He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the apothecary at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street.
- 2001, Audrey Horning, “Archeology and the Science of Discovery”, in Barbara Heath et al., Jamestown Archeological Assessment, U.S. National Parks Service, page 31:
- Seeds found in a 1630s refuse-filled clay borrow pit, located near an apothecary, illustrate colonists [sic] intense interest in experimenting with the medicinal qualities of New World plants.
- 1919, S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in Soviet Russia, volume 1, number 27, page 6:
Synonyms[edit]
- (person who makes and sells drugs): druggist, pharmacist, chemist
- (store that sells drugs): drugstore; pharmacy; apothecary's shop, apothecary's (UK)
Translations[edit]
pharmacist — see pharmacist
pharmacy — see pharmacy
See also[edit]
Apothecary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- Pharmacy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Pharmacy
External links[edit]
- apothecary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- apothecary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- apothecary at OneLook Dictionary Search
