emerods
noun, plural of emerod
Early Modern English
Meaning
painful lumps or sores that swell on the skin, here as a plague sent on the wicked. tree →
Then and now
No longer used; today we say boils or swellings.
Examples
- The LORD will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. (Torah DEU.28.27, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: boils or swellings.
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