Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or having the characteristics of an eagle.
- adjective Curved or hooked like an eagle's beak.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the eagle.
- Resembling an eagle; having the characteristics of an eagle; especially, resembling an eagle's beak; curving; hooked; prominent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging to or like an eagle.
- adjective Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of
eagles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective curved down like an eagle's beak
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Thus an ornithologist might describe a colleague as having an aquiline nose, but would not use the word aquiline in reference to a bird of the eagle group.
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"Back to something we were discussing earlier -- I often think about how my kind of nose is written about as 'Hebrew' but Chris, whose nose is almost identical, well, hers is 'aquiline' --"
GINNY BATES: BACK TO HOW IT ALL BEGAN Maggie Jochild 2007
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The profile that passed the window was of the sort called aquiline, after the beak of the eagle; but he rather suggested a grey and venerable eagle; an eagle in repose; an eagle that has long folded its wings.
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The profile that passed the window was of the sort called aquiline, after the beak of the eagle; but he rather suggested a grey and venerable eagle; an eagle in repose; an eagle that has long folded its wings.
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I was drawn to the figures done in folk-style — rather than those with a Caucasian look, such as aquiline noses.
A Filipino Chef's Wooden Pursuits Margot Cohen 2010
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I was drawn to the figures done in folk-style — rather than those with a Caucasian look, such as aquiline noses.
A Filipino Chef's Wooden Pursuits Margot Cohen 2010
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While sipping this delicious coffee, her conversation intentionally allowed her to spread the confidence of her beautiful thin, high cheekbone face with an aquiline nose and skin with a softness and color of milk.
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While sipping this delicious coffee, her conversation intentionally allowed her to spread the confidence of her beautiful thin, high cheekbone face with an aquiline nose and skin with a softness and color of milk.
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While sipping this delicious coffee, her conversation intentionally allowed her to spread the confidence of her beautiful thin, high cheekbone face with an aquiline nose and skin with a softness and color of milk.
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Okay, so I think you describe her as having a long aquiline face, but I imagined her like this despite that.
Stick 'Em With the Pointy End grrm 2010
dailyword commented on the word aquiline
Watson was always using this word when he was talking about Holmes's nose.
February 6, 2012