A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OVOID

Sun, 14 Sep '25
Shaped like a kiwi fruit
Sun, 11 May '25
Semicircular?
Thu, 28 Mar '24
Shaped like this puzzle's subject
Mon, 6 Feb '23
Egg-shaped
Tue, 20 Dec '22
Like the shape of an eggplant