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orifice

Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹɪfɪs/

The English word “orifice” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
  2. One of the natural external openings of the human or animal body.
  3. A stupid or objectionable person.

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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