omphaloskepsis
英 [,ɒmfələʊ'skepsɪs]
美
omphaloskepsis 意守肚脐,沉思omphalos-,肚脐,-skep,看,词源同scope,telescope.即注视自己的肚脐,为古代一种修行法门,认为看肚脐可以思考宇宙与人生,引申词义沉思。比较navel-gazing.
- omphaloskepsis (n.)
- 1925, from omphalo- + Greek -skepsis, from skeptesthai "to reflect, look, view" (see scope (n.1)). Also omphaloscopy (1931), and used in the sense of "navel-gazer" were omphalopsychic (1892), omphalopsychite (1882).