Definitions for apothecary

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apothecary a·poth·e·car·y

Spelling: [uh-poth-uh-ker-ee]

IPA: /əˈpɒθ əˌkɛr i/

Apothecary is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 728 anagrams from letters in apothecary (aacehoprty).

Definitions for apothecary

noun

1. a druggist; a pharmacist.
2. a pharmacy or drugstore.
3. (especially in England and Ireland) a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine.

Origin of apothecary

1325-75; Middle English (Old French) Medieval Latin apothēcārius seller of spices and drugs, Late Latin: shopkeeper, equivalent to Latin apothēc(a) shop, storehouse (Greek apothḗkē; see

Examples for apothecary

Huston's, the apothecary, always full of people at post hour.

What I like about Mr. Fleurant, my apothecary, is that his bills are always civil.

Every man's house is now not only his castle, but his apothecary shop.

He was the son of an apothecary of Rudkjobing, in the province of Larzeland.

"She will want me—when the other is out of the way," the apothecary answered sullenly.

And Peter went off to the apothecary for his pretexted drugs.

Again the apothecary examined the body, and again he shook his head dolefully.

So that, if your little girl were old enough, you would give her to an apothecary?

For Tom, after much cogitation, the profession of an apothecary had been selected.

The apothecary was then paid for his trouble, and sent away.