Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emerod

/ˈɛməɹəd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: emerod
IPA: /ˈɛməɹəd/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"But the hand of the Lord was heauy upon them of Aſhdod, and he deſtroyed them, and ſmote them with *Emerods, even Aſhdod, and the coaſtes thereof."
"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.""

Etymology

Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more.

Inflected Forms

emerods (plural) emeroid (alternative) emrod (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce emerod?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛməɹəd/.
What does emerod mean?: A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.
Where does emerod come from?: Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more.

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