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Presumably from male + -oid, after the pattern of foid, itself a clipping of femoid.
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Today it means: A man, especially a womanizer. Full definition →
Presumably from male + -oid, after the pattern of foid, itself a clipping of femoid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.