Omphalos (Noun)
Meaning
A scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton".
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The faint omphalos on her stomach was a constant reminder of her childbirth experience.
- She challenged the outdated television policy that prohibited actors from showing their omphalos during performances.
- The theologians spent hours debating whether Adam, the first human, would have had an omphalos considering he wasn't born in a womb.
- A delicate silver snake coiled around her navel, and a sparkling gem decorated the tattoo just above her omphalos.
- The artist's painting featured Eve with an ambiguously drawn omphalos, leaving viewers to interpret her origin for themselves.