Word Frequency
treacle (ˈtriːkəl
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Definitions
noun
- Also called: black treacle (British) a dark viscous syrup obtained during the refining of sugar
- (British) another name for golden syrup
- anything sweet and cloying
- (obsolete) any of various preparations used as an antidote to poisoning
Derived Forms
ˈtreacly adjectiveˈtreacliness noun
Word Origin
C14: from Old French triacle, from Latin thēriaca antidote to poisonExample Sentences Including 'treacly'
A red flush appeared beneath the treacly covering on the councillor's face.The Third Class Genie
Are your roots treacly , or is there a pitcher in your brain?Kara Kush
At breakfast in the yard, spirits rose further still with the help of a dose of treacly army rum in the soldiers ' tea.TOLKIEN AND THE GREAT WAR: The Threshold of Middle-earth (2003)
Tell them to serve the Jack Daniel's `glaze" on the side: it's treacly and unpleasant.Times, Sunday Times (2005)
The treacly emotion is poured out by the gallon in what is basically a fictionalised documentary.Sun, News of the World (2000)
You have a perfect Nicaraguan accent'," she said in a perfectly breathless and treacly North American falsetto.Globe and Mail (2003)
You will have read and seen so many treacly and disingenuous goodbyes to Jean Chretien that you will begin to doubt your sanity.Ottawa Sun (2003)
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