Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In bryology, curved like a swan's neck.
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Examples
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With his demure gestures, precise inflections and cygneous (swanlake) arabesques, he was delectable enough to kiss.
natinski Diary Entry natinski 2002
yarb commented on the word cygneous
...he raised to his unbending lips and kissed her cygneous hand...
- Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor
June 5, 2008