Definitions for theriacs

theriacs the·ri·ac

Spelling: [theer-ee-ak]
IPA: /ˈθɪər iˌæk/

Theriacs is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 598 anagrams from letters in theriacs (acehirst).

Definitions for theriacs

noun

  1. molasses; treacle.
  2. a paste formerly used as an antidote to poison, especially snake venom, made from 60 or 70 different drugs pulverized and mixed with honey.

Origin of theriacs

before 1000; Latin thēriaca antidote to poison Greek thēriakḗ, feminine of thēriakós, equivalent to thērí(on) wild beast + -akos -ac; replacing Middle English tiriake,

Examples for theriacs

But we lawyers boil our theriac even nowadays and regard the most important study, the study of reality, with arrogance.

There he found that the most called for remedy was a theriac.

theriac or Mithridatum grew in complexity until by the 16th century it had some 60 different ingredients.

Whenever any compound was for any reason spoiled in the drug store, the rule was, "Put that aside for the theriac."

Being, however, provided with theriac and other antidotes against the poison, Alvaro and all his men recovered from their wounds.

He is partial to long controversies, calmuniates priest and theriac.

Then there is a commentary on the "Cantica of Avicenna," and a tractate on the "theriac."

theriac is only the more rigid form of the same word, the scholarly, as distinguished from the popular, adoption of it.

Word Value for theriacs
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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