apothecary

== English == === Alternative forms === apothecarie, appothecarie, apothicarie, apoticary (obsolete) ypothecar, ypothegar (Scotland, obsolete) pothecary, potycary, potycarye, poticary, poticarie, pottecary, potticary (aphetic, obsolete) === Etymology === From Old French apotecaire (whence French apothicaire), from Medieval Latin apothecarius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apotheca (“(originally) repository, storehouse, warehouse; (later) shop, store”), 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 === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɒθəkəɹi/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/ === Noun === 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. (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. 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. (uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tamil: அப்போதிக்கரி (appōtikkari) ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “apothecary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “apothecary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “apothecary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “apothecary”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.