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theroid

theroid adjective: bestial, resembling an animal. Also the obsolete spelling of thyroid.

Adjective

theroid (comparative more theroid, superlative most theroid)

  1. Bestial, resembling an animal.
    • There is a class of idiots which may justly be designated theroid, so like brutes are the members of it.1871, Henry Maudsley, Body and Mind, page 46
    • Some imbecile children, without being so markedly theroid as this, are incorrigibly mischievous, and often show a surprising amount of cunning in carrying out what they design.1877, William Wotherspoon Ireland, On Idiocy and Imbecility, page 349

Also used as

theroid is also the obsolete spelling of thyroid.

Forms of theroid

comparativemore theroid
superlativemost theroid

Origin of theroid

From Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, fantastic animal”). Compare Theropoda.

Questions about theroid

What does theroid mean?
Theroid means bestial, resembling an animal.
What part of speech is theroid?
Theroid is an adjective.

Words near theroid in the dictionary

  1. thero-
  2. therobioside
  3. therocephalian
  4. therocephalians
  5. therof
  6. theroid
  7. therolatry
  8. therologic
  9. therological
  10. therologist
  11. therologists

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