English Explanatory Dictionary

officinal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Medicinal.
  2. Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
  3. Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

Pronunciation

/ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-officinal.wav

Word forms

officinal more officinal most officinal

Etymology

From French, from Latin officīna (“a workshop”), contracted from opificīna, from opifex (“a workman”); opus (“work”) + faciō (“to make or do”).

Derived words

nonofficinal officinally unofficinal
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