theriacal

English

Etymology

From theriac +‎ -al.

Adjective

theriacal (comparative more theriacal, superlative most theriacal)

1. (obsolete) Of or relating to theriac; medicinal.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “V. Century. [Experiments in Consort, Touching the Making Herbs and Fruits Medicinable.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] 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.

Anagrams

• heartical, trachelia