tical

[ ti-kahl, -kawl, tee-kuhl ]

noun

, plural ti·cals, ti·cal.

1. a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
2. baht.

tical

/ tɪˈkɑːl; -ˈkɔːl; ˈtiːkəl /

noun

1. the former standard monetary unit of Thailand, replaced by the baht in 1928
2. a unit of weight, formerly used in Thailand, equal to about half an ounce or 14 grams

Word History and Origins

Origin of tical¹

1655–65; < Thai < Portuguese < Malay tikal

Word History and Origins

Origin of tical¹

C17: via Siamese and Portuguese from Malay tikal monetary unit

Example Sentences

A recent report misspelled the word "tical," an archaic unit of mass equivalent to about 16 grams or half an ounce.

From Reuters

This is widely admitted in the U.S., where the impediments to disarmament are being seen more and more as economic, poli­tical and emotional in origin rather than as based on operational military consid­erations.

From Scientific American

This chief justice is called Coytoro tical carnaver; he has his lieutenants in all the villages, to whom he farms the administration of justice: that is to say, the fines, not capital penalties.

From Project Gutenberg

Now a team of psychologists and poli­tical scientists at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln report that whereas liberals do just that, conservatives do not.

From Scientific American

And when I approached her owners they offered no objections to earning a few-score extra ticals by extending her itinerary so as to drop me at the tiny Cambodian port of Kep.

From Project Gutenberg