单词 | omphalopsychite |
释义 | > as lemmasomphalopsychite omphalopsychite n. Brit. /ˌɒmfəˈlɒ(p)sᵻkʌɪt/ , /ˌɒmfələ(ʊ)ˈsʌɪkʌɪt/ , /ˌɒmfl̩ə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪkʌɪt/ , /ˌɒmfəlɒpˈsʌɪkʌɪt/ , /ˌɒmfl̩ɒpˈsʌɪkʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌɑmfəloʊˈsaɪˌkaɪt/ , /ˌɑmfəˈlɑpsəˌkaɪt/ (also omphalopsychyte) [ < omphalo- comb. form + psyche n. + -ite suffix1, after medieval Greek ὀμϕαλόψυχος (14th cent.) or French omphalopsyque (1868 in Littré, where 18th-cent. use of omphalophysiques (plural) in Bergier is also recorded).] humorous and rare = omphalopsychic n.ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > quietism > [noun] > contemplating navel > person navel-contemplator1856 omphalopsychite1857 omphalopsychic1892 1857 F. H. Ludlow Hasheesh Eater xviii. 22 An Omphalopsychite by necessity, since he found it impossible to look down at all without resting his eyes upon that portion of his individuality tangent to the lower border of the waistcoat. 1882 ‘Basil’ Love the Debt xliii Bob has become an Omphalopsychyte. Those thrice accursed cartoons had brought on Stomach on the brain. 1937 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems 840 Your sybarite, Your Ishmaelite, your omphalopsychite, Or what the devil else he may have been, Is on the road again. < as lemmas |
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