enid

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/ˈiːnɪd/

noun

Any snail in the family Enidae.

Origintranslingual Enidae →
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Meanings

enid1

nounenid (plural enids)

plural enids

  1. biologyAny snail in the family Enidae.

Enid2

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning.
  2. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; see Wikipedia:Enid, Oklahoma

Origin

enid · noun

  1. translingualEnidae
  2. Englishenid

From translingual Enidae.

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Enid · proper noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-“to breathe, blow”
  2. Proto-Celtic*anatyom
  3. Middle Welsheneit“spirit, life; purity”
  4. EnglishEnid

From Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) attested on the Larzac tablet; see also the modern Welsh anadl (“breath, wind”), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā (“breath, breathing”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

enid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enid

MLA

“enid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enid.

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