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单词 pityroid
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pityroidadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πίτυρον , -oid suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πίτυρον bran (see pityriasis n.) + -oid suffix. Compare Byzantine Greek πιτυροειδής bran-like. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pi·tiroid) /ˈpɪtɪrɔɪd/.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Resembling bran; bran-like.
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1846 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 2) Pytyroid, resembling bran.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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