theriac
Meanings
Plural: theriacs
Noun
- A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate.
- A hyponym of panacea.
- Synonym of antidote, particularly (pseudoscience) those incorporating snakemeat to cure snakebite.
- Synonym of molasses.
Adj
- Synonym of theriacal: of or related to theriac.
- Synonym of medicinal.
Origin / Etymology
From Medieval Latin theriacum, from Ancient Greek θηριακὸν (thēriakòn) and Late Latin theriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακὴ (thēriakḕ, “of or related to poisonous reptiles”), from θηρίον (thēríon, “little beast”) + -κός (-kós), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”) + -ίον (-íon, diminutive suffix). Doublet of theriaca.
Synonyms
antidote, medicinal, mithridate, molasses, particularly, theriaca, theriacal, treacle, Venice treacle
Scrabble Score: 12
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