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bezoar

/ˈbi.zɔɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
be-zoar
IPA
/ˈbi.zɔɹ/
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.

noun

An enterolith.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bezoar and/or French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”), from a compound of words meaning “to protect” and “poison” (literally “killing thing”), thus a bezoar was “that which protects against poison”. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *peh₂-, bézoard, بَازَهْر, pʾtzhl

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈbi.zɔɹ/
  • British English: /ˈbiː.zɔː/

Inflected Forms

bezoars (plural) bezoard (alternative)

Derived Forms

bezoardic diospyrobezoar pharmacobezoar phytobezoar pseudobezoar trichobezoar

Phrases

bezoar antelope bezoar goat bezoar ibex bezoar mineral

Synonyms

bezoar stone

Questions

How do you pronounce bezoar?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbi.zɔɹ/.
What does bezoar mean?
A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
Where does bezoar come from?
It is traced to French.

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