a. Antiq. [ad. L. emporēticus (emporetica charta Pliny H. N. XIII. xii), a. Gr. *ἐμπορητικός, f. *ἐμπορέειν to trade, f. ἔμπορος merchant.] Pertaining to trade. Emporetic paper: a coarse kind of papyrus used for wrapping up parcels. (Quincy Lex. Phys.-Med. 1719 wrongly explains this as ‘paper made soft and porous, such as is used to filter with.’)
[1662. Fuller, Worthies, I. 144. Imperial, Royal, Cardinal, and so downwards to that course Paper called Emporetica.]
1851. Ancient Fishing, in Fraser’s Mag., XLIII. 264/1. The Emporetic, or shop-paper … serving for wrapping up groceries, fruit, &c.
Hence † Emporetical a. Obs.–0.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Emporetical, pertaining to Merchants or Markets.
1678–1706. in Phillips.
1721–1800. in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts.
