goitrous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of goitrous
From the French word goitreux, dating back to 1790–1800. See goiter, -ous
Example Sentences
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For Anna, her awakening comes when she begins learning Greek from a goitrous tutor in Constantinople.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021
What does a writer do when he has already won the Man Booker Prize and can make copacetic use of words like preterite, spalpeen, goitrous and phthistic?
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2010
There were actually fewer goiters in that goitrous State than any prior survey had shown.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor Loeb found that the cause of this bulging was not in the individual's thyroid itself, although the thyroid was overworking as hard as any goitrous thyroid.
From Time Magazine Archive
On a bench sits a goitrous and sallow German sergeant major with shadows carved under his eyes.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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