orifice

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹɪfɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹəfɪs/

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orifice (plural orifices)

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; the vagina and other orifices

2. (slang, derogatory) A stupid or objectionable person.
   • 2016, Niels Saunders, Mervyn Vs. Dennis:

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

• (stupid or objectionable person): Tony Thorne (2014) “orifice”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury

From Late Latin orificium.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁi.fis/

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• Rhymes: -is

orifice m (plural orifices)

1. an orifice

• “orifice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.