officinal

== English == === Etymology === From French, from Latin officīna (“a workshop”), contracted from opificīna, from opifex (“a workman”); opus (“work”) + faciō (“to make or do”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnəl/ Rhymes: -aɪnəl === Adjective === officinal (comparative more officinal, superlative most officinal) (dated) Medicinal. (obsolete, rare) Used in a shop, or belonging to it. (obsolete, pharmaceutical) Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “officinal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “officinal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === officinal (feminine officinale, masculine plural officinaux, feminine plural officinales) officinal, medicinal ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “officinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012