hypogeum

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hypogaeum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὑπόγειον (hupógeion), a noun use of the neuter singular of ὑπόγειος (hupógeios, “underground”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

hypogeum (plural hypogeums or hypogea)

  1. An underground room or cavern (also used figuratively).
    • 1969, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
      Contour: the unique parameters of Karen’s body – beckoning vents of mouth and vulva, the soft hypogeum of the anus.

Translations

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