"flid" meaning in English

See flid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flɪd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-flid.ogg [Australia] Forms: flids [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪd Etymology: Clipping of thalidomide, a pharmaceutical drug that was found to causes birth defects leading to a historical scandal, with the initial consonant modified by th-fronting. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:clip|thalidomide|dot=,|text=+}} [Appendix:Glossary#clipping|Clipping]] of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "(ph)thal(ic acid)", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "phthalic", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" }, { "alt" : "(im)ido", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "imido", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" }, { "alt" : "(i)mide", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "hide", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Egyptian", "term" : "jmn", "gloss" : "Amun", "lang" : "egy" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Ᾰ̓́μμων", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Ammōn", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ammoniacus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ammonia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-iðos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-idus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ide", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "amide", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "imide", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "thalidomide", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "clipping" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "flid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="flid"> Clipping of thalidomide, Head templates: {{en-noun}} flid (plural flids), {{tlb|en|UK|slang|derogatory|offensive}} (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive)
  1. One with birth defects (such as phocomelia) caused by thalidomide. Tags: UK, derogatory, offensive, slang
    Sense id: en-flid-en-noun-8J6mONgj Categories (other): British English, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of British English: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 87 13
  2. (figuratively) One who is physically uncoordinated or incompetent. Tags: UK, derogatory, figuratively, offensive, slang
    Sense id: en-flid-en-noun-QzufCPWc

Inflected forms

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