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omphaloskeptics

omphaloskeptics is the plural of omphaloskeptic.

Meaning of omphaloskeptic

Noun

omphaloskeptic (plural omphaloskeptics)

  1. One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
    • The trouble with this book, however, is that he gazes so fixedly at himself that his own eyes dazzle a little. He is not an omphalosceptic. His gaze never turns downwards; it is kept obstinately at face-level.1956 January, Francis Wyndham, “A Beginning and Other Stories”, in London Magazine, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2008, page 85

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Questions about omphaloskeptics

What is omphaloskeptics the plural of?
Omphaloskeptics is the plural of omphaloskeptic.

Words near omphaloskeptics in the dictionary

  1. omphalosceptic
  2. omphalosceptics
  3. omphaloscopy
  4. omphaloskepsis
  5. omphaloskeptic
  6. omphaloskeptics
  7. omphalotomy
  8. omphalotrochid
  9. omphalotrochids
  10. omphalus
  11. Ompraret

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