verbid

American

[vur-bid] / ˈvɜr bɪd /

noun

Grammar.

verbal.

verbid British

/ ˈvɜːbɪd /

noun

grammar any nonfinite form of a verb or any nonverbal word derived from a verb

participles, infinitives, and gerunds are all verbids

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Etymology

Origin of verbid

First recorded in 1910–15; verb + -id ²

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