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==English== |
==English== |
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[[File:Apothecary Shop, Interior 1.jpg|thumb|Reconstruction of a 19th century '''apothecary'''.]] |
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===Alternative forms=== |
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* {{alter|en|apothecarie|appothecarie|apothicarie|apoticary||obsolete}} |
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* {{alt|en|ypothecar|ypothegar||Scotland|obsolete}} |
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* {{alt|en|pothecary|potycary|potycarye|poticary|poticarie|pottecary|potticary||aphetic|obsolete}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} |
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From {{der|en|fro|apotecaire}}, from {{der|en|ML.|apothecarius||storekeeper}}, from {{m|la|apotheca||shop, store}}, earlier {{der|en|la|apotheca||repository, storehouse, warehouse}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἀποθήκη||a repository, storehouse}}, from {{m|grc|ἀπό||away}} + {{m|grc|τίθημι||to put}} literally "a place where things are put away". {{doublet|en|boutique|bodega}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/əˈpɒθəkəɹi/|a=UK}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# {{lb|en|archaic|_|in|_|US|dated|_|in|_|UK}} {{synonym of|en|pharmacist}}: a [[person]] who [[sell]]s [[medicine]], [[especially]] {{lb|en|historical}} [[one]] [[who]] [[made]] and [[sold]] [[their]] [[own]] [[medicine]]s in the [[medieval]] or [[early modern]] [[era]]s. |
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#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet|act=V|scene=iii|page=75|column=2|passage=O true '''Appothecarie'''! / Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die.}} |
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet|act=V|scene=iii|page=75|column=2|passage=O true '''Appothecarie'''! / Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die.}} |
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#* {{RQ:Landon Lady Anne Granard|page=62|volume=I|passage=The girls, though their illness was long and dangerous, recovered under Mrs. Palmer's care, who watched over them as if they had been her own; and from that time an affection, as valuable as it was pleasant, sprang up between them. When Lady Anne returned, she called, and talked about every thing but the '''apothecary''''s bill.}} |
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# {{lb|en|nonstandard|dated}} A [[drugstore]] or [[pharmacy]]. |
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#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1886|translator=H.L. Brækstad|author=w:Peter Christen Asbjørnsen|title=Folk and Fairy Tales|page=2|passage=It amused me to see the bustle and the life in the '''apothecary's''' shop across the street.}} |
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# {{lb|en|archaic|_|or|_|historical}} {{synonym of|en|pharmacy}}: an apothecary's [[shop]], a [[drugstore]]. |
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#* '''1919''', S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in ''Soviet Russia'', volume 1, number 27, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ElVGAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA12-PA6&dq=apothecary page 6]: |
#* '''1919''', S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in ''Soviet Russia'', volume 1, number 27, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ElVGAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA12-PA6&dq=apothecary page 6]: |
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#*: The Russian people as a whole almost revered the '''apothecary''', and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum. |
#*: The Russian people as a whole almost revered the '''apothecary''', and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum. |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1998|author=Karen Holliday Tanner|title=Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=O9GXyeUpDaIC&pg=PA205&dq=apothecary|pages=205–206|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|year_published=2001|isbn=978-0-8061-3320-1 |
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|passage=He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the '''apothecary''' at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street.}} |
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#* '''2001''', Audrey Horning, “Archeology and the Science of Discovery”, in Barbara Heath et al., ''Jamestown Archeological Assessment'', U.S. National Parks Service, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DLWVFHB4sfsC&pg=PA31&dq=apothecary page 31]: |
#* '''2001''', Audrey Horning, “Archeology and the Science of Discovery”, in Barbara Heath et al., ''Jamestown Archeological Assessment'', U.S. National Parks Service, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DLWVFHB4sfsC&pg=PA31&dq=apothecary page 31]: |
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#*: Seeds found in a 1630s refuse-filled clay borrow pit, located near an '''apothecary''', illustrate colonists{{sic|colonists’}} intense interest in experimenting with the medicinal qualities of New World plants. |
#*: Seeds found in a 1630s refuse-filled clay borrow pit, located near an '''apothecary''', illustrate colonists{{sic|colonists’}} intense interest in experimenting with the medicinal qualities of New World plants. |
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# {{lb|en|uncommon}} A [[glass]] [[jar]] of the [[sort]] [[once]] [[use]]d for [[storing]] [[medicine]]. |
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====Derived terms==== |
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{{col-auto|en|apothecarial|apothecaryship|apothecary rose}} |
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* {{sense|person who makes and sells drugs}} {{l|en|druggist}}, {{l|en|pharmacist}}, {{l|en|chemist}} |
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* {{sense|store that sells drugs}} {{l|en|drugstore}}; [[pharmacy]]; [[apothecary's shop]], [[apothecary's]] {{qualifier|UK}} |
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====Related terms==== |
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{{der3|en|apothecary's Latin|talk like an apothecary|apothecia|apothecium|bibliotheca|hypothec|hypothecate|spermatheca|theca|thecal|thecate|thecium|thecodonts}} |
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====Descendants==== |
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* {{desc|ta|அப்போதிக்கரி|bor=1}} |
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* {{pedialite|Apothecary}} |
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* Marathi: {{t|mr|औषधविक्रेता|m}} |
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* {{pedialite|Pharmacy}} |
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* Tamil: {{t|ta|அப்போதிக்கரி}} |
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====Further reading==== |
====Further reading==== |
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{{C|en|People|Pharmacy|Wicca|Healthcare occupations|Scientists}} |
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Latest revision as of 11:22, 27 September 2024
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- apothecarie, appothecarie, apothicarie, apoticary (obsolete)
- ypothecar, ypothegar (Scotland, obsolete)
- pothecary, potycary, potycarye, poticary, poticarie, pottecary, potticary (aphetic, obsolete)
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 (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) literally "a place where things are put away". Doublet of boutique and bodega.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɒθəkəɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]apothecary (plural apothecaries)
- (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.
- 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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 75, column 2:
- O true Appothecarie! / Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 62:
- The girls, though their illness was long and dangerous, recovered under Mrs. Palmer's care, who watched over them as if they had been her own; and from that time an affection, as valuable as it was pleasant, sprang up between them. When Lady Anne returned, she called, and talked about every thing but the apothecary's bill.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 2:
- It amused me to see the bustle and the life in the apothecary's shop across the street.
- (archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
- 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, published 2001, →ISBN, 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 – meaning colonists’] 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:
- (uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Tamil: அப்போதிக்கரி (appōtikkari)
Translations
[edit]Pharmacist
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Further reading
[edit]- “apothecary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “apothecary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “apothecary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “apothecary”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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