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trea·cle  audio  (trkl) KEY  

NOUN:
  1. Cloying speech or sentiment.
  2. Chiefly British Molasses.
  3. A medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English triacle, antidote for poison, from Old French, from Latin thriaca, from Greek thriak (antidotos), (antidote against) wild animals, feminine of thriakos, of wild animals, from thrion, diminutive of thr, beast; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots


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