单词 | emporetic |
释义 | emporeticadj.ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [adjective] > relating to trade or commerce merchant1425 emporeutic1612 emporeutical1612 emporetical1656 commercial1744 emporetic1761 trade-related1918 1761 D. Fenning Royal Eng. Dict. Emporetic,..belonging to goods, commodities, or merchandize. 1784 W. Hayley Mausoleum i. i, in Plays of Three Acts 361 Though Death's cold stroke infrigidate his frame, Commerce resounds his emporetic name. 2. Roman History. Designating a type of coarse papyrus, chiefly used for wrapping goods.The explanation found in Quincy's Lexicon Physico-medicum (see quot. 1719) is not supported by other evidence. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > wrapping-papers cap-paper1577 packing paper1590 cap1620 German Lombard1712 wrapping-paper1715 butter paper1727 whitey-brown1761 kitchen paper?1782 emporetic1790 tea-paper1814 needle paper1852 small hand1853 grocer's paper1861 tobacco paper1877 grocery-paper1883 greaseproof paper1894 chip paper1935 toffee paper1958 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xii. 392 As for the merchant Paper or shop-paper, called Emporetica [Fr. l'Emporetique], it was not for to write in, onely it served as wast Paper for sarplets to wrap and packe up wares in. 1719 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum 66/2 Charta Emporetica, is Paper made soft and porous, such as is used to filter with.] 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile V. 12 I have no idea what the Emporetic paper was, which obtained that degree of coarseness and toughness, as to serve for shopkeeper's uses to tie up goods. 1843 Manch. Times 14 Oct. 2/2 The eighth and last kind [of papyrus] was the Emporetic, which was not good enough to write on, and was used in the shop to wrap up parcels. 1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 264 The Emporetic, or shop-paper..serving for wrapping up groceries, fruit, etc. a1944 H. Rackham tr. Pliny Nat. Hist. (1945) IV. xiii. 145 As for what is called ‘emporitic’ paper, it is no good for writing but serves to provide covers for documents and wrappers for merchandise, and consequently takes its name from the Greek word for a merchant. 2005 N. Howard Book i. 4 Pliny described nine different types of papyrus... ‘Emporetic’ served as a kind of wrapping paper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1761 |
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