daith means an ear piercing in the inner cartilage just above the earhole.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, daith ranks #23,641 of 42,762 for Qualifying.
daith is pronounced /dɑθ/.
Etymology
From Hebrew דעת (da'at, “knowledge”), possibly because of the belief that a ring daith piercing only allows intelligent speech to be heard.
noun
- An ear piercing in the inner cartilage just above the earhole.
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Words closest in meaning
By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.
- dermal 57% match — Of or pertaining to skin or integument (or other forms of tissue) vs daith →
- earcuff 55% match — A piece of jewelry similar to an earring but clamping onto the earlobe rather than piercing through it. vs daith →
- earspool 55% match — A short cylindrical piece of jewellery traditionally worn in an ear piercing. vs daith →
- tragus 54% match — The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal. vs daith →
- periauricular 53% match — Around the ear. vs daith →
- earring 53% match — A piece of jewelry worn on the ear. vs daith →
- dydoe 52% match — A male genital piercing that passes through the ridge of the glans on the head of the penis. vs daith →
- apadravya 52% match — A glans penis piercing where jewellery passes vertically through the urethra. vs daith →