pothecaryn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒθᵻk(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈpɑθəˌkɛri/

Forms:

α. Middle English potekary, Middle English poticaris (plural), Middle English potikary, Middle English–1500s potycary, Middle English–1500s potycarye, Middle English–1600s potecarie, Middle English–1600s potecarye, Middle English– potecary (now English regional), 1500s potecari, 1500s potecaryse (plural), 1500s poticarye, 1500s potticarye, 1500s pottycary, 1500s–1600s poticarie, 1500s– poticary (now English regional), 1600s pottecary, 1600s (1800s English regional) potticary, 1700s–1800s 'poticary, 1800s 'potecary.

β. Middle English–1600s pothecarie, Middle English– pothecary, 1500s–1600s pothicary, 1700s– 'pothecary.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: apothecary n.

Etymology: Aphetic < apothecary n. Compare post-classical Latin bothecarius (a1241 in a British source), potecarius (1392 in a British source), poticarius (16th cent. in British sources). Compare pottingar n., pottingary n., pothecar n.

Now rare (chiefly regional in later use).

An apothecary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > apothecary or pharmacist > [noun]

spicer1297

apothecary1366

ointment makera1382

pothecaryc1387

pigmentarya1398

pottingar1474

pottingary1487

pothecar?a1505

ypothecar1509

potycaryar1533

pharmacopole?1541

drugger1594

confectioner1606

druggist1608

drugster1611

pharmacopoeian1618

druggister1632

druggard1637

chemica1642

pharmacopolist1651

pharmacopolitan1657

pharmacian1658

spicerer1665

pot-carrier1683

pharmacist1721

knight of the pestle1723

materialist1728

chemist and druggist1748

potter-carrier1764

drug man1769

gallipot1785

drug manufacturer1790

pharmaceutist1795

drug dealer1800

chemist1802

pharmaceutical chemist1821

essence-peddler1838

pill roller1843

pill-peddler1855

squirt1859

pill pusher1879

α.

c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 425 Ful redy hadde he at the potecaries To sende hym drogges and his letuaries.

1437 Inventory in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1890) 37 174 (MED) To the said Potikary.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 24210 Sondry lettuaryes Maked at the potycaryes.

a1500 (a1451) in Ld. Clermont Wks. J. Fortescue (1869) I. 553 (MED) Dyvers dregs and spyce that belongyth both to grocers and to potycarys.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 257/1 Potycary that selleth medycins, apothecayre.

1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A iij^v If the potecari..is ignorant in herbes.

1558 W. Bullein Govt. Healthe f. 120^v There is no trust in some of the Poticaries.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 8 Feb. (1976) IX. 441 Going to visit Roger Pepys at the poticary's in King's-street.

1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. ii. 81 Nev. Pray, how came he to dye? Miss. There's a Question! You talk like a Poticary.

1768 A. Portal Indiscreet Lover ii. 32 I shall never forget how it made my Heart jump again, when Doctor Blister our 'Poticary coming by..look'd down and read Soymon Claypole.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Poticary.

1854 M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine xxi. 290 Sunshine is sick,—sick in bed, and has had the potecary three times.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Potecary, apothecary... Not now of common use..but I have heard it used disparagingly.

1899 S. R. Crockett Little Anna Mark xiii The main poticary and herb doctor in the city.

β. c1390 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 852 And forth he goth..vn to a pothecarie [c1405 Ellesmere pothecarie; c1405 Hengwrt apothecarye; c1425 Petworth apotecarye].c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 40 That the King's robes..and shertes be fumyd by all the yere of the yeoman pothecary.1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxv. 91 These little pinching pots, which Pothecaries vse.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 98 Abundance of Alloes.., so much esteemed by our Pothecaries.1716 Socrates Triumphant iv, in Mil. & Other Poems 253 O Pothecary, Pothecary, thy Spouse has undone more than thy Drugs has.1785 J. O'Keeffe Peeping Tom of Coventry i. 8 He hobbled with the 'pothecary's pestle and mortar, and clattered with such a devil of a noise, folks could not hear.1820 R. Southey Devil's Walk vii He saw a Pothecary, on a white horse, Ride by on his vocation.1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path iii. 32 You ain't the 'pothecary to give me physic, and that ain't the right kind of stuff if you was.1914 Delta (Pa.) Herald & Times 27 Feb. 1/6 Nora O'Hara exchanged that two-cent postage-stamp..for two one-centers at the 'pothecary's.1950 K. Amis Let. 27 Nov. (2000) 248 Have you seen the 'pothecary's lady again?2000 T. O'Dwyer tr. A. Blest Gana Martín Rivas xiii. 67 When I came 'round and went to pay the doctor and the 'pothecary, they said I didn't owe them nothin'.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. ii. x. f. cxliii Thys plaster..hathe also some dede poticary druggys put in hit that can do no good.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 40 §2 Suche poticary wares drugges and stuffes.

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry To Rdr. Yet have I seene smiths so unprovided of Pothecary simples.

a1634 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois (1641) v. 69 If I scape Monsieurs Pothecarie Shops.

?1735 J. Mitchell Sick-bed Soliloquy to Empty Purse 9 How fee the Doctors, and discharge the Bill Of 'Pothecary mystic?

1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. viii. 71 We..avoid, as if for the very life, all ‘pothecary medicines’.

1898 T. Nelson Page Red Rock 55 A dinged little ' pothecary-shop sweeper for a boy as didn't mind bullets no mo' than flies.

1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 Nov. b35/2 As containers, pothecary jars, brandy snifters and fish bowls are old standbys, but any clear glass container with a wide opening will do.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pothecary
释义	pothecaryn. Brit. /ˈpɒθᵻk(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpɑθəˌkɛri/ Forms: α. Middle English potekary, Middle English poticaris (plural), Middle English potikary, Middle English–1500s potycary, Middle English–1500s potycarye, Middle English–1600s potecarie, Middle English–1600s potecarye, Middle English– potecary (now English regional), 1500s potecari, 1500s potecaryse (plural), 1500s poticarye, 1500s potticarye, 1500s pottycary, 1500s–1600s poticarie, 1500s– poticary (now English regional), 1600s pottecary, 1600s (1800s English regional) potticary, 1700s–1800s 'poticary, 1800s 'potecary. β. Middle English–1600s pothecarie, Middle English– pothecary, 1500s–1600s pothicary, 1700s– 'pothecary. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: apothecary n. Etymology: Aphetic < apothecary n. Compare post-classical Latin bothecarius (a1241 in a British source), potecarius (1392 in a British source), poticarius (16th cent. in British sources). Compare pottingar n., pottingary n., pothecar n. Now rare (chiefly regional in later use). An apothecary. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > apothecary or pharmacist > [noun] spicer1297 apothecary1366 ointment makera1382 pothecaryc1387 pigmentarya1398 pottingar1474 pottingary1487 pothecar?a1505 ypothecar1509 potycaryar1533 pharmacopole?1541 drugger1594 confectioner1606 druggist1608 drugster1611 pharmacopoeian1618 druggister1632 druggard1637 chemica1642 pharmacopolist1651 pharmacopolitan1657 pharmacian1658 spicerer1665 pot-carrier1683 pharmacist1721 knight of the pestle1723 materialist1728 chemist and druggist1748 potter-carrier1764 drug man1769 gallipot1785 drug manufacturer1790 pharmaceutist1795 drug dealer1800 chemist1802 pharmaceutical chemist1821 essence-peddler1838 pill roller1843 pill-peddler1855 squirt1859 pill pusher1879 α. c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 425 Ful redy hadde he at the potecaries To sende hym drogges and his letuaries. 1437 Inventory in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1890) 37 174 (MED) To the said Potikary. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 24210 Sondry lettuaryes Maked at the potycaryes. a1500 (a1451) in Ld. Clermont Wks. J. Fortescue (1869) I. 553 (MED) Dyvers dregs and spyce that belongyth both to grocers and to potycarys. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 257/1 Potycary that selleth medycins, apothecayre. 1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A iij^v If the potecari..is ignorant in herbes. 1558 W. Bullein Govt. Healthe f. 120^v There is no trust in some of the Poticaries. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 8 Feb. (1976) IX. 441 Going to visit Roger Pepys at the poticary's in King's-street. 1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. ii. 81 Nev. Pray, how came he to dye? Miss. There's a Question! You talk like a Poticary. 1768 A. Portal Indiscreet Lover ii. 32 I shall never forget how it made my Heart jump again, when Doctor Blister our 'Poticary coming by..look'd down and read Soymon Claypole. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Poticary. 1854 M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine xxi. 290 Sunshine is sick,—sick in bed, and has had the potecary three times. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Potecary, apothecary... Not now of common use..but I have heard it used disparagingly. 1899 S. R. Crockett Little Anna Mark xiii The main poticary and herb doctor in the city. β. c1390 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 852 And forth he goth..vn to a pothecarie [c1405 Ellesmere pothecarie; c1405 Hengwrt apothecarye; c1425 Petworth apotecarye].c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 40 That the King's robes..and shertes be fumyd by all the yere of the yeoman pothecary.1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxv. 91 These little pinching pots, which Pothecaries vse.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 98 Abundance of Alloes.., so much esteemed by our Pothecaries.1716 Socrates Triumphant iv, in Mil. & Other Poems 253 O Pothecary, Pothecary, thy Spouse has undone more than thy Drugs has.1785 J. O'Keeffe Peeping Tom of Coventry i. 8 He hobbled with the 'pothecary's pestle and mortar, and clattered with such a devil of a noise, folks could not hear.1820 R. Southey Devil's Walk vii He saw a Pothecary, on a white horse, Ride by on his vocation.1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path iii. 32 You ain't the 'pothecary to give me physic, and that ain't the right kind of stuff if you was.1914 Delta (Pa.) Herald & Times 27 Feb. 1/6 Nora O'Hara exchanged that two-cent postage-stamp..for two one-centers at the 'pothecary's.1950 K. Amis Let. 27 Nov. (2000) 248 Have you seen the 'pothecary's lady again?2000 T. O'Dwyer tr. A. Blest Gana Martín Rivas xiii. 67 When I came 'round and went to pay the doctor and the 'pothecary, they said I didn't owe them nothin'. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. ii. x. f. cxliii Thys plaster..hathe also some dede poticary druggys put in hit that can do no good. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 40 §2 Suche poticary wares drugges and stuffes. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry To Rdr. Yet have I seene smiths so unprovided of Pothecary simples. a1634 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois (1641) v. 69 If I scape Monsieurs Pothecarie Shops. ?1735 J. Mitchell Sick-bed Soliloquy to Empty Purse 9 How fee the Doctors, and discharge the Bill Of 'Pothecary mystic? 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. viii. 71 We..avoid, as if for the very life, all ‘pothecary medicines’. 1898 T. Nelson Page Red Rock 55 A dinged little ' pothecary-shop sweeper for a boy as didn't mind bullets no mo' than flies. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 Nov. b35/2 As containers, pothecary jars, brandy snifters and fish bowls are old standbys, but any clear glass container with a wide opening will do. 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