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Orifice

//ˈɔɹəfɪs// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.

    "the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound; he entered the cave's gaping orifice"

  2. 2
    an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity wordnet
  3. 3
    One of the natural external openings of the human or animal body.

    "the vagina and other orifices"

  4. 4
    A stupid or objectionable person. derogatory, slang

    "“Peanuts aren't nuts, you orifice. They're legumes.”"

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of ōs (“mouth”) + faciō (“to make”).

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