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Meaning of apothecary's Latin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

barbarous Latin; badly-spoken Latin.

idiomatic, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“As this bit of apothecary's Latin was quoted to the town-clerk at a corporation dinner, and was by him translated to the mayor to mean that the municipal body had not a leg to stand upon, it gave very serious offence indeed.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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