zoid, adj.

zoid
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zoidadjective

## Earlier version

- zoid, a. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoid mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoid. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the adjective zoid?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1860 | 0.0001
1870 | 0.0002
1880 | 0.0002
1890 | 0.0014
1900 | 0.0018
1910 | 0.0038
1920 | 0.0039
1930 | 0.004
1940 | 0.0041
1950 | 0.0041
1960 | 0.0029
1970 | 0.0025
1980 | 0.0005
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0003

### How is the adjective zoid pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzəʊɪd/
ZOH-id

#### U.S. English

/ˈzoʊəd/
ZOH-uhd

### Where does the adjective zoid come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoid is in the 1860s.

OED's only evidence for zoid is from 1864, in the Athenaeum.

zoid is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zoea n., ‑id suffix3.

### Nearby entries

1. zoeal, adj.?1870–
2. zoetrope, n. 1866–
3. zographer, n. 1570
4. zography, n. 1570
5. zograscope, n. 1753–
6. Zohar, n. 1682–
7. zoic, adj. 1863–
8. -zoic, comb. form¹
9. -zoic, comb. form²
10. zoid, n. 1856–
11. zoid, adj.1864–
12. zoidiophilous, adj. 1872–
13. zoidogamous, adj. 1899–
14. Zoilean, adj. 1846–
15. Zoilism, n. 1609–
16. Zoilist, n. 1594–
17. Zoilitical, adj. 1665
18. Zoilous, adj. 1577–
19. Zoilus, n. 1565–
20. zoisite, n. 1805–
21. zoism, n. 1900–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zoea n., ‑id suffix3.
< zoe = zoea n. + ‑id suffix3.

## Meaning & use

Zoology. rare.

1. 1864–
   Applied to a larval or zoea stage in Crustacea.
   1. 1864

      > The early zoid conditions and subsequent transformations of the Crustacea.

      Athenæum 13 August 215/2
   invertebrates
   1. zooidal 1858–
      Of or relating to a zooid or zooids.
   2. zoonitic 1860–91
      Of or relating to a zoonite or zoonites.
   3. zoid 1864–
      Applied to a larval or zoea stage in Crustacea.
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   1. zoid 1864–
      Applied to a larval or zoea stage in Crustacea.
   2. zoeal?1870–
      Of a zoea.
   View in Historical Thesaurus

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzəʊɪd/
ZOH-id

### U.S. English

/ˈzoʊəd/
ZOH-uhd

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zoid typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zoid is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zoid, adj., 1860–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1860 | 0.0001
1870 | 0.0002
1880 | 0.0002
1890 | 0.0014
1900 | 0.0018
1910 | 0.0038
1920 | 0.0039
1930 | 0.004
1940 | 0.0041
1950 | 0.0041
1960 | 0.0029
1970 | 0.0025
1980 | 0.0005
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0003

zoid, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zoid, adj. was last modified in December 2024.