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emerod

/ˈɛməɹəd/

emerod noun: a haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.

Noun

emerod (plural emerods)

  1. A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.
    • But the hand of the Lord was heauy upon them of Aſhdod, and he deſtroyed them, and ſmote them with *Emerods, even Aſhdod, and the coaſtes thereof.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 5:6
    • They hated him sore and banished him from their world, saying: "Without the camp shall be thy resting place, and thou shalt turn and cover thine excrements. The plague of emerods is in thee, and it seals thy passages; our doom for thee is death."1967, Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Moses Hadas (translator), Fables of a Jewish Aesop, [1557, Mishle Shualim, (known as Fox Fables)], 2001, page 83

Forms of emerod

pluralemerods
alternative formemeroid
alternative formemrod

Origin of emerod

Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more.

Questions about emerod

What does emerod mean?
Emerod means a haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.
What part of speech is emerod?
Emerod is a noun.
How do you pronounce emerod?
Emerod is pronounced /ˈɛməɹəd/.
What is the plural of emerod?
The plural of emerod is emerods.

Words near emerod in the dictionary

  1. emerituses
  2. emerize
  3. emerized
  4. emerizes
  5. emerizing
  6. emerod
  7. emerods
  8. emerse
  9. emersed
  10. emerses
  11. emersing

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