/ˈkɒl.ɪk/
OriginBorrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adjective).
- countable, uncountableSevere pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
“Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich fo”
- countable, uncountableSevere fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
- countable, uncountableA medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
- not-comparableRelating to the colon; colonic.
Formscolics(plural) · cholick(alternative, archaic) · cholic(alternative, archaic)