Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of colic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic.
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- adjective Resembling or relating to
colic . - adjective Subject to or suffering from
colic .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have made a compact with this colical style of life; I can find sources of hope and consolation in it.
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“I am at last returned from my Somersetshire expedition, but since my return I cannot boast of my health as before I went, for I am frequently out of order with my colical complaint, so as to make me uneasy and dispirited, though not to any violent degree.
Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Melville, Lewis 1921
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"I am at last returned from my Somersetshire expedition, but since my return I cannot boast of my health as before I went, for I am frequently out of order with my colical complaint, so as to make me uneasy and dispirited, though not to any violent degree.
Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Lewis Melville 1903
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