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bellybutton

noun

Etymology

From belly + button.

  1. derived from bouter
  2. derived from boton
  3. inherited from boton
  4. formed as bellybutton — “belly + button”

Definitions

  1. The navel or umbilicus.

    • Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache)[…]
    • Some people can’t even bear the thought of picking the fluff out of their bellybuttons - these people suffer from what is known as omphalophobia.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA