Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
emerald . - noun Obsolete forms of
hemorrhoid .
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‘chirurgeon’ will become ‘surgeon’; ‘hemorrhoid’, ‘emerod’; ‘squinancy’ will become first ‘squinzey’ (Jeremy Taylor) and then ‘quinsey’;
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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Philistine cities which gave each a golden emerod as a trespass-offering unto the Lord (1 Sam.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
chained_bear commented on the word emerod
"'I can't imagine a physician in any time who doesn't know what piles look like. The ancient Israelites and Egyptians had them, after all.'
'They did?'
'It's in the Bible. Ask Mr. Christie,' I advised.
'Ye've been discussing the Bible wi' Tom Christie? Ye're a braver man than I am, Sassenach.' ...
'Not me. Germain asked me last week what "emerods" are.'
'What are they?'
'Piles. Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines,' I quoted, 'or something of the sort. That's as close as I can come from memory....'"
—Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (New York: Bantam Dell, 2005), 66
January 31, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word emerod
It's three little Scrabble words in a row (em, er, and od), it's three little Scrabble words if you spell it backwards (do, re, and me), and the backwards spelling sounds like the first three solfege syllables (do, re, and mi).
March 25, 2010
bilby commented on the word emerod
And as it's not too crumbly, it's a nice word for dunking in orange pekoe tea.
March 25, 2010