omphaloskeptic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌɒm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/    美 /ˌɑːm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Likely to, prone to, or engaged in contemplating or meditating upon one's navel. not-comparable
    — This approach has been referred to as an omphaloskeptic method of design, so called after the term omphaloskepsis used to describe the technique of meditation through contemplation of the navel (from the Greek "omphalos" for navel and "skepsis" for examination).

词形变化

omphaloskeptics plural omphalosceptic alternative omphalosceptic alternative

词源

词源 1
From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”).
词源 2
From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”).
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