Definitions for theriac

theriac the·ri·ac

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

Theriac is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in theriac (acehirt).

Definitions for theriac

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 theriac

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 theriac

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Word Value for theriac
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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