English

Verb
talk like an apothecary

1. intransitive|idiom|1811 To use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.

References
Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue, 1811

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