apothecary
UK/əˈpɒθəkəɹi//əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/
apothecary noun: 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.
Noun
apothecary (plural apothecaries)
- 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.
- [T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe.1562, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “Of the Herbe Called in Latin Irio”, in The Second Parte of Guilliam Turners Herball⸝ […], Cologne: […] Arnold Birckman, →OCLC, folio 23, recto
- O true Appothecarie! / Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- pharmacist
- Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
- The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.1919, S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in Soviet Russia, volume 1, number 27, page 6
- He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the apothecary at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street.1998, Karen Holliday Tanner, Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, University of Oklahoma Press, published 2001, →ISBN, pages 205–206
- Synonyms:
- pharmacy
- A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
apothecary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
apothecary in Hindi
- pharmacy
- औषधालय auṣdhālay
apothecary in Tamil
- Pharmacist
- அப்போதிக்கரி appōtikkari
apothecary in Marathi
- Pharmacist
- औषधविक्रेता auṣadhvikretā
apothecary in Urdu
- عطار, دوا فروش, دوا خانہ
More languagesFewer languages
- apothecary in Malayalam
- തൈലക്കാരൻ tailakkāraṉ
- apothecary in Kannada
- ಮದ್ದಿನಂಗಡಿ, ಔಷಧ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ
Examples of apothecary in a sentence
- When Lady Anne returned, she called, and talked about every thing but the apothecary's bill.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London...
- It amused me to see the bustle and the life in the apothecary's shop across the street.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 2:
- Seeds found in a 1630s refuse-filled clay borrow pit, located near an apothecary, illustrate colonists intense interest in experimenting with the medicinal qualities of New World plants.2001, Audrey Horning, “Archeology and the Science of Discovery”, in Barbara Heath et al., Jamestown Archeological Assessment, U.S. National...
Synonyms of apothecary
Forms of apothecary
| plural | apothecaries |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pothecary |
| alternative form | potycary |
| alternative form | potycarye |
| alternative form | poticary |
| alternative form | poticarie |
| alternative form | pottecary |
| alternative form | potticary |
| alternative form (obsolete) | apothecarie |
| alternative form (obsolete) | appothecarie |
| alternative form (obsolete) | apothicarie |
| alternative form (obsolete) | apoticary |
| alternative Scotland (obsolete) | ypothecar |
| alternative Scotland (obsolete) | ypothegar |
Origin of apothecary
From Old French apotecaire (whence French apothicaire), from Medieval Latin apothēcārius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apothēca (“(originally) repository, storehouse, warehouse; (later) shop, store”) + -ārius (occupational suffix), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”), literally “a place where things are put away”.
Words formed from apothecary
Phrases with apothecary
Questions about apothecary
- What does apothecary mean?
- Apothecary means 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.
- What is apothecary in Hindi?
- Apothecary in Hindi is औषधालय (auṣdhālay). See Apothecary meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use apothecary in a sentence?
- When Lady Anne returned, she called, and talked about every thing but the apothecary's bill.
- What part of speech is apothecary?
- Apothecary is a noun.
- How do you pronounce apothecary?
- Apothecary is pronounced /əˈpɒθəkəɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of apothecary?
- The plural of apothecary is apothecaries.
Words near apothecary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: apothecary (page history and authors); apothecary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); തൈലക്കാരൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); apothecary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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