Apothecary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈpɒθəkəɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Apothecary is a noun meaning (uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
Meaning
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
More Meanings
- (archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
- (archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
Example Sentences
O true Appothecarie! / Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die.
[T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe.
It amused me to see the bustle and the life in the apothecary's shop across the street.
The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.
Word Forms
- apothecaries
- apothecarie
- apothicarie
- apoticary
Synonyms for apothecary
Depending on context, synonyms include pharmacist, pharmacy, chemist, druggist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apoticary, potecary, pothecary.
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