chiefly Brit molasses
golden syrup
chiefly Brit any of the edible grades of molasses that are obtained in the early stages of sugar refining
= golden syrup
treacly adj
Middle English triacle a medicinal compound used as an antidote to poison, via French and Latin from Greek thēriakē antidote against a poisonous bite, fem of thēriakos of a wild animal, from thērion wild animal. The current sense, which dates from the 17th cent., comes from the practice of giving medicine in sugar syrup to disguise its taste