theroid, a.
(ˈθɪərɔɪd)
[f. thero- + -oid; cf. Gr. θηροειδής.]
Like or having the form of a brute; of bestial nature or character.
| 1867 H. Maudsley Physiol. Mind 291 The theroid degenerations of mankind are pathological specimens. 1870 ― Body & Mind 47 There is a class of idiots which may justly be designated theroid, so like brutes are the members of it. 1886 N. Pearson in 19th Cent. Sept. 353 The animal mind of the theroid idiot is accompanied by appropriate animal peculiarities of body. |