noun
Origin: ME triacle < OFr < L theriaca, antidote for poison < Gr (antidotos) thēriakē, (remedy) for bites of venomous beasts < thērion, wild beast, dim. of thēr: see fierce
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English triacle, antidote for poison
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin thēriaca
Origin: , from Greek thēriakē (antidotos), (antidote against) wild animals
Origin: , feminine of thēriakos, of wild animals
Origin: , from thērion
Origin: , diminutive of thēr, beast; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots
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