Hypogeum
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Etymology
Latin hypogaeum, from Greek ύπογειον, a noun use of the neuter singular of ύπογειος ‘underground’, from ύπο- + γη ‘earth’.
Noun
- an underground room or cavern
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- 1969: Contour: the unique parameters of Karen’s body – beckoning vents of mouth and vulva, the soft hypogeum of the anus. — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition
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