adj
Meaning 1
Medicinal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
officinal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪnəl
adj
Meaning 2
Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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adj
Meaning 3
Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: pharmaceutical
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History
Etymology
From French, from Latin officīna (“a workshop”), contracted from opificīna, from opifex (“a workman”); opus (“work”) + faciō (“to make or do”).