acheropoietoi
n.— «Fountain is what’s called an “acheropoietoi,” an image not shaped by the hands of an artist.» —“Idol Thoughts” Village Voice (New York City) Feb. 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Ever thought there ought to be an English word for this or that phenomenon? Such holes in the language are called lexical gaps. A listener in Ontario, Canada, notes that English lacks a single word for the mistake voice-to-text programs make when...
Nancy Gabriel from Ithaca, New York, recalls her father’s no-nonsense responses to minor injuries when she was a child: After making sure she was really all right, he’d say, It’s far enough from your heart; it won’t kill you. Other times he...