unguentario
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin unguentārius (“of or pertaining to a perfume; perfurmer”). By surface analysis, unguento (“ointment”) + -ario.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /un.ɡwenˈta.rjo/
- Rhymes: -arjo
- Hyphenation: un‧guen‧tà‧rio
Adjective
unguentario (feminine unguentaria, masculine plural unguentari, feminine plural unguentarie)
Related terms
Noun
unguentario m (plural unguentari)
- (obsolete) ointment merchant, perfumer
- Synonym: unguentaio
- 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata settima – Novella terza”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
- […] non celle di frati ma botteghe di speziali o d’unguentari […]
- […] not friars’ cells, but rather apothecaries’ or perfumers’ shops […]
Latin
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