English Explanatory Dictionary

flid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person.
  2. A person with birth defects caused by thalidomide.

Pronunciation

En-au-flid.ogg

Word forms

flid flids

Etymology

Clipped form of thalidomide, a drug that caused birth defects, with the initial consonant modified by th-fronting.

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