"verboid" meaning in English

See verboid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: verboids [plural]
Etymology: From verb + -oid, introduced by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1937. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|verb|oid}} verb + -oid, {{coin|en|Q23870|in=1937|notext=1}} Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1937 Head templates: {{en-noun}} verboid (plural verboids)
  1. (grammar) Any of various grammatical entities that resemble verbs in some way.

Inflected forms

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