trea|cle

trea|cle
trea|cle «TREE kuhl», noun.
1. British. molasses, especially that produced during the refining of sugar.
2. Figurative. anything too sweet or cloying, especially excessive sentimentality: »

Hortense Calisher…concocted something far richer and immeasurably rarer than the usual dreadful treacle of youthful domestic odyssey (Time).

3. Obsolete. a sovereign remedy; panacea.
4. Obsolete. an antidote for poison or poisonous bites.
╂[< Old French triacle antidote < Latin thēriaca < Greek thēriak (antídotos) (antidote against) poisonous reptiles < th (diminutive) < th beast. See etym. of doublet theriaca. (Cf. ↑theriaca)]

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  • trea·cle — …   Useful english dictionary

  • cle — cle·chée; cle·oid; cle·o·me; cle·o·nus; cle·o·pat·ra; cle·ri·ci; cle·ro·den·dron; cle·ro·den·drum; cle·ro·man·cy; cle·ruch; cle·ru·chy; cle·rus; cle·thra; cle·thra·ce·ae; cle·ve s; col·li·cle; con·cep·ta·cle; con·i·cle; cor·a·cle; cor·ni·cle;… …   English syllables

  • trea — as·pi·do·gas·trea; cras·sos·trea; er·i·trea; os·trea; pe·trea; trea·cly; trea·son; trea·son·able; trea·son·ably; trea·son·ous; trea·sur·able; trea·sur·er; trea·sur·er·ship; trea·sur·ess; trea·sury; trea·sury·ship; trea·tise; trea·ty; trea·ty·ite; …   English syllables

  • treacle — trea·cle …   English syllables

  • treacle — trea•cle [[t]ˈtri kəl[/t]] n. 1) something that is excessively sweet or sentimental 2) brit. coo Brit. molasses 3) pha cv Obs. any of various medicinal compounds used as antidotes for poison • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME triacle antidote < OF… …   From formal English to slang

  • treacle — trea|cle [ˈtri:kəl] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: triacle, from Latin theriaca, from Greek theriake cure for a poisonous bite , from therion wild animal ] 1.) BrE a thick sweet black sticky liquid that is obtained from the sugar… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • treacle — trea|cle [ trikl ] noun uncount BRITISH MOLASSES …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Erysimum cheiranthoides — Treacle Trea cle (tr[=e] k l), n. [OE. triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. th[ e]riaque (cf. Pr. triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. ?, fr. ? of wild or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sugarhouse molasses — Treacle Trea cle (tr[=e] k l), n. [OE. triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. th[ e]riaque (cf. Pr. triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. ?, fr. ? of wild or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Treacle — Trea cle (tr[=e] k l), n. [OE. triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. th[ e]riaque (cf. Pr. triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. ?, fr. ? of wild or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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