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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-oid, suffix. - -oid is used to form adjectives and nouns with the meaning "resembling, like,'' with the suggestion of an incomplete or imperfect similarity to the root element:human + -oid → humanoid (= resembling a human, but not quite the same).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-oid, - a suffix meaning "resembling,'' "like,'' used in the formation of adjectives and nouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicated by the preceding element):alkaloid; cardioid;cuboid;lithoid;
ovoid;
planetoid.Cf. -ode 1.
- Greek -oeidēs, equivalent. to -o- -o- + -eidēs having the form of, derivative of eîdos form
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -oid suffix forming adjectives , suffix forming nouns - indicating likeness, resemblance, or similarity: anthropoid
Etymology: from Greek -oeidēs resembling, form of, from eidos form |