Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OM-PHA-LOP'SY-CHITE
OM'PHAL-O-CELEOM-PHA-LOP'TER, or OM-PHA-LOP'TIC
OM-PHA-LOP'SY-CHITE, n. [Gr. ομφαλος, the navel, and ψυχη, spirit.]
One of a sect which pretended to derive pleasure from sitting with their eyes fixed on the navel. Bib. Repos. 2, 249.
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