Omphaloskeptic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɒm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Omphaloskeptic is a noun meaning One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
Meaning
One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
More Meanings
- Likely to, prone to, or engaged in contemplating or meditating upon one's navel.
Example Sentences
His coronation as the Grand Omphaloskeptic of the cinema was still more than a decade away.
[…]though you must admit that no omphaloskeptic, nay, not Plotinus, could have so utterly realized the Infinite as at moments one did to night.
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.
Omphalopsychites: Mencken's word for those who dream of bringing American English into line with English English. Omphalos is Greek for navel, whence also omphaloskeptic, one who dreams up bright ideas while gazing at (skepsis, a looking at) his navel.
Word Forms
- omphaloskeptics
- omphalosceptic
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include omphalosceptic, omphalopsychic, omnitheist, omnist, ochlophobiac, omophagist.
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