emerod

English

Alternative forms

• emeroid, emrod

Etymology

Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛməɹəd/, /ˈɛmɹəd/

Noun

emerod (plural emerods)

1. 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, [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."

Usage notes

Maintained in occasional referential usage due to its use in the 1611 King James Bible (in Deuteronomy and 1 Samuel).

Anagrams

• Edmore, Medero, moered