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verboid

verboid noun: any of various grammatical entities that resemble verbs in some way.

Noun

verboid (plural verboids)

  1. Any of various grammatical entities that resemble verbs in some way.

Forms of verboid

pluralverboids

Origin of verboid

From verb + -oid, introduced by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1937.

Questions about verboid

What does verboid mean?
Verboid means any of various grammatical entities that resemble verbs in some way.
What part of speech is verboid?
Verboid is a noun.
What is the plural of verboid?
The plural of verboid is verboids.

Words near verboid in the dictionary

  1. verblessness
  2. verblike
  3. verbness
  4. verbnoun
  5. verbnouns
  6. verboid
  7. verboids
  8. verbolatry
  9. verbology
  10. verbomania
  11. verbomaniac

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