talk like an apothecary
To prattle.
As to Clement of Alexandria, I shall pass him by, as he knew nothing about the matter. He talks like an apothecary on the subject; and when did ever an apothecary talk to any purpo
apothecary
UK /əˈpɒθəkəɹi/ US /əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/
noun 3
Collocations
3VERB + APOTHECARY
buy
APOTHECARY + NOUN
forth, inventor
PREP.
from
Definitions
noun
1
Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
[T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe.
O true Appothecarie! / Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die.
2
Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.
He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the apothecary at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street.
3
A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a health professional trained in the art of preparing and di
- pharmacist
- druggist
- chemist
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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[T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe.
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O true Appothecarie! / Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die.
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The girls, though their illness was long and dangerous, recovered under Mrs. Palmer's care, who watched over them as if they had been her own; and from that time an affection, as valuable as it was pl
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Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: likewise a small act of folly unto him that is esteemed for wisdom and honour.
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Julius Gustav Neubronner was a German apothecary and inventor.
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What does Romeo buy from the apothecary to take his own life in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
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In some senses, apothecary is marked as archaic, dated, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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