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factoid
noun fac·toid \ˈfak-ˌtȯid\
: a brief and usually unimportant fact
Full Definition of FACTOID
1
: an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print
2
: a briefly stated and usually trivial fact
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First Known Use of FACTOID
1973
Rhymes with FACTOID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
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