officinal
Meaning of officinal
adjective
(of a herb or drug) standardly used in medicine.
late 17th century (as a noun denoting an officinal medicine): from medieval Latin officinalis ‘storeroom for medicines’, from Latin officina ‘workshop’.
Information about officinal
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of officinal is: officinals.
- Languages in which officinal is used:
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Hyphenation of officinal
of-fic-i-nal
- It consists of 4 syllables and 9 chars.
- officinal is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Translation of officinal
- Spanish: terapéutico, curativo, medicinal, medicamentoso
- Italian: medicinale, medicamentoso, officinale
Words that rhyme with officinal
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