† ˈpharmacoˌpole Obs.
Also 8 -pol, and 6 in L. form -pola.
[ad. L. pharmacopōla, a. Gr. ϕαρµακοπώλης dealer in drugs: see -pole. So in Fr. (Furetière 1690).]
= pharmacopolist.
| 1541 R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 A j b, With the apotycaries, wherof they haue y⊇ name of pharmacopoles. 1597 1st Pt. Return fr. Parnass. i. i. 241 The carle lyeth here, att the house of this Pharmacopola. 1790 E. Darwin Lett. (1879) 39 Thus have I emptied my quiver of the arts of the Pharmacopol. |
So † ˌpharmacoˈpolic (-ˈpɒlɪk) a., drug-selling; † ˌpharmacoˈpolitan [irreg. after metropolitan, etc.] = next.
| 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. cxxxiii. (1783) IV. 207 With the assistance of our pharmacopolic friends. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 153 Something that neither the Pharmacopolitan's shops nor gardens afford. |