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单词 orifex
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orifexn.

Forms: 1500s–1600s orifex, 1600s orifix.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: orifice n.
Etymology: Alteration of orifice n., with substitution of classical Latin -fex (combining form < facere to do, make: see fact n., int., and adv.) for -fice , perhaps after pontifex pontifex n.
Obsolete.
= orifice n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > mouth or orifice
mouthOE
orifice?a1425
gull1545
chops1589
orifex1590
mouthpiece1683
maw1818
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H6 All my entrals bath'd In blood that straineth from their orifex.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 154 Yet the spacious bredth of this diuision, Admits no orifex . View more context for this quotation
1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iii. i I strike deep in, And leave the orifex gushing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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