opifice
English
Etymology
From Latin opificium, from opifex (“workman”). See office.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈəʊpɪfɪs/, /ˈɒpɪfɪs/
Noun
opifice (plural opifices)
- (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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Noun
opifice
- ablative singular of opifex