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treacly

adj

Etymology

From treacle + -ly.

  1. derived from θηριακή — “antidote”
  2. derived from *triaca✻
  3. derived from tyriaca
  4. derived from triacle
  5. derived from triacle
  6. suffixed as treacly — “treacle + ly”

Definitions

  1. Of a liquid, thick and sticky.

  2. Consisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.

    • Some call the subgenre “alternative Christmas,” as it’s a subgenre of Christmas movies that tend to eschew the saccharine good times most frequently promised by treacly holiday fare in favor of violent action, horror or gore.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for treacly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA