# verboid

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of various grammatical entities that resemble verbs in some way.

## Etymology
From verb + -oid, introduced by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1937.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/verboid