opifice

English

Etymology

From Latin opificium, from opifex (“workman”). See office.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈəʊpɪfɪs/, /ˈɒpɪfɪs/

Noun

opifice (plural opifices)

  1. (obsolete) workmanship
    • 1635, Henry Gellibrand, A Discourse Mathmeticall:
      not able rightly to conceive of this admirable opifice of God

References
  • opifice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Noun

opifice

  1. ablative singular of opifex
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