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omphaloid

UK/ˈɒmfəlɔɪd/

omphaloid adjective: shaped like a navel.

Adjective

omphaloid (comparative more omphaloid, superlative most omphaloid)

  1. Shaped like a navel.
    • 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

Forms of omphaloid

comparativemore omphaloid
superlativemost omphaloid

Origin of omphaloid

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

Questions about omphaloid

What does omphaloid mean?
Omphaloid means shaped like a navel.
What part of speech is omphaloid?
Omphaloid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce omphaloid?
Omphaloid is pronounced /ˈɒmfəlɔɪd/ (UK).

Words near omphaloid in the dictionary

  1. omphalode
  2. omphalodes
  3. omphalodia
  4. omphalodium
  5. omphaloi
  6. omphaloid
  7. omphalolith
  8. omphaloliths
  9. omphalomancy
  10. omphalomesaraic
  11. omphalomesenteric

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