colical

adj — 2 senses

colical

adj

Etymology From colic + -al.

1

Resembling or relating to colic.

  • September 1 1733, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift colical pains
2

Subject to or suffering from colic.

  • I have already learn'd to apply my selfe unto it; and am now entring into covenant with this chollicall kinde of life; for therein I finde matter, wherewith to comfort me, and to hope better.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

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