different between treacled vs treacle

English

Etymology

treacle +? -ed

Adjective

treacled (comparative more treacled, superlative most treacled)

1. Covered with treacle.

   a slice of treacled bread

Anagrams

• clareted, decretal

English

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Etymology

From Middle English triacle, partly from Old French triacle, and partly from Old English tiriaca, both from Late Latin *triaca, *tiriaca, late form of theriaca, ultimately from Ancient Greek ??????? (th?riak?, “antidote”), feminine form of ???????? (th?riakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from ??? (th?r, “beast”). Compare theriac, theriacle.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t?i?.k?l/
• Rhymes: -i?k?l

Noun

treacle (countable and uncountable, plural treacles)

1. (chiefly Britain) A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
2. Cloying sentimental speech.

   • The public tributes to Griffith were over-the-top in a way his acting never was, spreading treacle from the evening newscasts to the front page of the New York Times.

3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart).

   Listen, treacle, this is the last time I'll warn you!

4. (obsolete) An antidote for poison; theriac.
5. (obsolete, figuratively) Any all-powerful curative; a general remedy, a cure-all.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:

     For trewthe telleþ þat loue · is triacle of heuene.

Derived terms

• treacle paper
• treacle tart
• treacly

Translations

Verb

treacle (third-person singular simple present treacles, present participle treacling, simple past and past participle treacled)

1. To apply treacle to a surface, so as to catch flies or moths, etc.

Anagrams

• Electra, lac tree