See Also: Officinal(medicine)
officinal(dictionary)

melomane (iou) and officinal (iou)


melomane (iou)



melomane noun. L19.
[French melomane, from Greek melos song, Music: see -MANE.]
An enthusiast for Music, a melomaniac.

officinal (iou)



officinal adjective & noun. L17.
[medieval Latin officinalis, from officina (in medieval Latin a storeroom for medicines etc. in a monastery): see OFFICINA, -AL1.]
A. noun. An officinal drug or medicine. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
b. adjective. Of a herb, drug, etc.: regularly sold or used as a medicine. Of a medicinal substance: kept as a standard preparation by apothecaries and pharmacists. Formerly also spec. = OFFICIAL adjective 4b. Cf. MAGISTRAL adjective 2a. E18.
officinally adverb in officinal use; according to the pharmacopoeia: E19.