emerod

== English == === Alternative forms === emeroid, emrod === Etymology === Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛməɹəd/, /ˈɛmɹəd/ === Noun === emerod (plural emerods) A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid. 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