thyroid

What it means

1. not comparableanatomyOf, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
2. not comparableanatomyOf, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.
   1. not comparableanatomySuggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

      a thyroid personality

In a sentence

a thyroid personality

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
2. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
3. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
4. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
9. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
10. New Latinthyreoīdēs
11. Englishthyroid

Borrowed from New Latin thyreoīdēs, from Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”), from θῠρεός (thŭreós, “an oblong shield”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).