herborist
(ˈhɜːbərɪst)
[a. F. herboriste (1545 in Hatz.-Darm., who also cite herboliste 1530), ‘derived from herbe by confusion with the radical of L. arbor’ (Darmesteter): cf. the more etymological synonyms herbalist, herbarist, also the history of arbour n.]
One skilled in herbs, a herbalist.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens iii. lvii. 398 Some Herboristes of Fraunce do cal it Solanum lignosum. 1601 Chester Love's Mart., Dial. lxxiv, For so our Herborists haue truly told. 1698 M. Lister Journ. Paris (1699) 61 All the most curious Herborists in Europe. 1821 J. E. Smith in Mem. (1832) I. 503 Some of our best herborists. |