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emerod

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɛməɹəd/
  • /ˈɛmɹəd/

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noun

Meaning 1

A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1967, Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Moses Hadas (translator), Fables of a Jewish Aesop, [1557, Mishle Shualim, (known as Fox Fables)], 2001, page 83, 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."

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History

Etymology

Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more.