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English
Etymology
From theriac + -al.
Adjective
theriacal (comparative more theriacal, superlative most theriacal)
- (obsolete) Of or relating to theriac; medicinal.
1631, Francis [Bacon], “V. Century. [Experiments in Consort, Touching the Making Herbs and Fruits Medicinable.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , 3rd edition, London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC, paragraph 499, page 124:So it is obſerued by ſome, that there is a vertuous Bezoar, and another without vertue; which appeare to the ſhew alike; But the Vertuous is taken from the Beaſt, that feedeth vpon the Mountaines, where there are Theriacall Herbs; And that without Vertue, from thoſe that feed in the Valleyes, where no ſuch Herbs are.
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