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English
Etymology
Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
emerod (plural emerods)
- A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Samuel 5:6: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, , 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."
Usage notes
Maintained in occasional referential usage due to its use in the 1611 King James Bible (in Deuteronomy and 1 Samuel).
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