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emporetic, a. Antiq.|ɛmpɒˈrɛtɪk|
[ad. L. emporēticus (emporetica charta Pliny H.N. xiii. xii), a. Gr. *ἐµπορητικός, f. *ἐµπορέειν to trade, f. ἔµπορος merchant.]
Pertaining to trade. emporetic paper: a coarse kind of papyrus used for wrapping up parcels. (Quincy Lex. Phys.-Med. 1719 wrongly explains this as ‘paper made soft and porous, such as is used to filter with’.)
[1662Fuller Worthies i. 144 Imperial, Royal, Cardinal, and so downwards to that course Paper called Emporetica.] 1851Ancient Fishing in Fraser's Mag. XLIII. 264 The Emporetic, or shop-paper..serving for wrapping up groceries, fruit, etc.
Hence † empoˈretical a. Obs.—0.
1656Blount Glossogr., Emporetical, pertaining to Merchants or Markets. 1678–1706in Phillips. 1721–1800in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts. |