colical

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adjective

Resembling or relating to colic.

“September 1 1733, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift colical pains”

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Meanings

adjectivecolical (comparative more colical, superlative most colical)

comparative more colical · superlative most colical

  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

Origin

From colic + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

calciollocalic
Cite this entry
APA

colical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colical

MLA

“colical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colical.

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