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pharmacopole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phar-ma-copole
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of quack: a peddler of fraudulent medicines and cures.

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin pharmacopola, from Ancient Greek φαρμακοπώλης (pharmakopṓlēs), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, charm, enchantment”) + -πώλης (-pṓlēs, “-seller, -monger”). Doublet of pharmacopolist.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pharmacopola, φαρμακοπώλης

Usage

Inflected Forms

pharmacopoles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

bibliopole

Synonyms

quack

Questions

What does pharmacopole mean?
Synonym of quack: a peddler of fraudulent medicines and cures.
Where does pharmacopole come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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