apothecary

«apothecary» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: pharmacist; chemist — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

pharmacist; chemist

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A person who made and sold medicines. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer common; today we say pharmacist or chemist.

examples

• "Whose is it, and where did you get it?" asked the apothecary. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• "Heaven preserve us!" cried the apothecary, "you are out of your mind. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• ‘Who is it, and how did you get it?’ asked the apothecary. (The Yellow Fairy Book) tree →

primary record

apothecary

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 11 (Torah 0, tales 11, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.2 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «apothecary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.