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▪ I. roid, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |rɔɪd|, U.S. |rɔɪd|
Forms: 19– roid, 19– 'roid
[Shortened ‹steroid n.]
An anabolic steroid, when taken for its muscle-building properties by an athlete, a bodybuilder, etc.
Anabolic steroids are included in the International Olympic Committee's list of banned substances.
1980N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Dec. vi. 78/5 Please be advised that no one uses ‘oids’, but rather ‘roids’, instead of steroids. 1988Musclemag Nov. 20/3 There are some bodybuilders and powerlifters who say it's as good as roids, but with none of the side-effects. 1999Arizona Republic (Electronic ed.) 7 Jan. The four-month Operation Roid Raid began with allegations that students at Shadow Mountain High School in north Phoenix were buying steroids on the black market.
Compounds. roid rage n. (an outburst of) heightened aggression manifested as a side-effect of anabolic steroid use.
1987San Diego Union-Tribune 21 July d7/3 Anabolic steroids..do create psychological effects. You hear references to *'Roid Rage. 1999Evening Standard (Electronic ed.) 11 Oct. ‘Roid rage’ is the unstated subtext whenever huge linemen cause problems.
▪ II. roid, a. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 5 roide, royd(e, rode (rude).
[a. OF. roide, rode (also northern reide, mod.F. raide):—L. rigid-um rigid a., but in some cases (esp. in Sc. texts) perh. a variant or scribal alteration of rude a.]
1. Stout, strong; violent, rough.
a1400–50Alexander (Dubl. MS.) 829* The kyng of þatt cuntree..Had rasyd vp a rode hoste. c1400Destr. Troy 1984 A rak and a royde wynde rose in hor saile. Ibid. 4428 A Roid beste vnreasonable, þat no Rule holdes. c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. i. 27 Þus eftyr a royde harsk begynnynge Hapnyt a fast and gud endynge. c1470Henry Wallace xi. 1362 For all thi roid rahress, Thow has na charge.
1883Huddersfield Gloss. s.v., A roid night is a stormy one; roid work is a quarrel.
2. Rude, large, great, unwieldy.
a1400Cursor M. 23911 (Gött.), For-sake þu noght þis roide werk, For þou it roid [Cott. rude] and stubil be, It es in worschip wroght of þe. c1400York Myst. xxx. 175 Youre richesse schal be refte you þat is rude [rime noyed, stroyed]. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 6025 Þe bell it was so grete and royde Þat of þe caryage he was oft noyde. c1470Henry Wallace v. 77 Ȝhett schede he thaim, a full royd slope was maid.
3. Stiff. rare—1.
c1477Caxton Jason 25 The Geant roose also, but hit was not lightly for his legges were royde.
▪ III. roid(e
obs. forms of rood, royd. |