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noun
A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
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noun
Cloying sentimental speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: theriac
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
Synonym of cure: an all-powerful curative for some particular affliction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, historical, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: cure
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
Synonym of cure-all: a panacea for all human ailments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, historical, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: cure-all
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To apply treacle to a surface, so as to catch flies or moths, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mush, slop, glop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sentimentalism
noun
a pale cane syrup
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: golden syrup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: syrup, sirup
History
From Middle English triacle, partly from Old French triacle, and partly from Old English tyriaca, both from Late Latin *triaca, *tiriaca, late form of theriaca, ultimately from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”), feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”). Doublet of theriacle, equivalent to theriac + -le.
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