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varoid

varoid adjective: resembling the varus deformity.

Adjective

varoid (comparative more varoid, superlative most varoid)

  1. Resembling the varus deformity.

Noun

varoid (plural varoids)

  1. A varus deformity.
    • In place of traditional methods in which materials such as gesso, yellow ocher, powdered earth, liquid glue, and Japan tallow were used to obtain a gloss, and transparent lacquer was rubbed into the wood to protect it, materials such as artificially produced varoids and lacquer came into widespread...1992, Tadashi Inumaru, Mitsukuni Yoshida, The Traditional Crafts of Japan: Wood and bamboo

Forms of varoid

Adjective
comparativemore varoid
superlativemost varoid
Noun
pluralvaroids

Origin of varoid

From varus + -oid.

Questions about varoid

What does varoid mean?
Varoid means resembling the varus deformity.
What part of speech is varoid?
Varoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near varoid in the dictionary

  1. Varns
  2. varnsingite
  3. Varnum
  4. Varnums
  5. VARO
  6. varoid
  7. varoids
  8. Varolian
  9. Varon
  10. Varona
  11. Varonas

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