Omphalos Definition
ŏmfə-lŏs, -ləs
noun
The navel.
American Heritage Medicine
Webster's New World
A central point.
Webster's New World
A rounded stone in Apollo's temple at Delphi, regarded as the center of the world by the ancients.
Webster's New World
The theological proposition that the world was created with certain indicia of a history which had not actually occurred (such as the humans who had never been connected to umbilical cords being created with navels).
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Noun
Singular:
omphalos
Plural:
omphaloiOrigin of Omphalos
From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalos, “navel").
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Greek nobh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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