omphaloid

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UK/ˈɒmfəlɔɪd/

adjective

Shaped like a navel.

OriginAncient Greek ὀμφαλοειδής →
First used 19th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveomphaloid (comparative more omphaloid, superlative most omphaloid)

comparative more omphaloid · superlative most omphaloid

  1. Shaped like a navel.First known use 19th c.

    Constructed in a navel-like depression of hills, Bath's omphaloid location induces introspection, meditation, inwardness, massive sloth.

    1975, Angela Carter, “Bath, Heritage City”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 200

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὀμφαλοειδής
  2. Englishomphaloid

Perhaps after Byzantine Ancient Greek ὀμφαλοειδής (omphaloeidḗs). By surface analysis, omphal- + -oid.

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Chicago

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