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单词 aquiline
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aquilineadj.

/ˈakwɪlɪn//ʌɪn/
Etymology: < Latin aquilīnus, < aquila eagle: see -ine suffix1. Compare French aquilin, 16th cent.
1. Of or belonging to an eagle.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adjective] > of or belonging to eagle
eagled?1585
eagle-like1594
eagly1628
aquiline1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Aquiline, of or belonging to an Eagle.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvii. 155 The aquiline tribes, soaring in the air beyond human ken.
2. Eagle-like; esp. of the nose or features: Curved like an eagle's beak, hooked.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose
cammed?c1350
camoisc1380
snatteda1387
camoisedc1515
flat1560
hawked1577
rising1606
simous1634
aquiline1646
Roman1665
snoutya1685
suspense1697
rhinocerical1710
rhinocerotic1755
Bardolphian1756
cock-up1763
bridgeless1772
retroussé1802
snubbed1802
snubbish1828
snubby1828
snipish1834
snub1843
pugged1847
puggisha1849
tip-tilted1872
saddleback1897
beak-sharp1933
spitzy1968
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adjective] > of or belonging to eagle > like an eagle
aquiline1745
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted > clear or sharp (of sight)
piercinga1400
clear1576
stark1589
lynceous1592
unshadowed1593
lyncean1622
cleared1642
unbeclouded1707
aquiline1791
bird-clear1938
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 130 Whence the Epithite Grypus for an hooked or Aquiline nose. View more context for this quotation
1745 E. Young Consolation 49 When Mortals liv'd Of Stronger Wing, of Aquiline Ascent.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 192 Terribly arch'd, and aquiline his nose.
1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 115 A penetrating aquiline eye.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud ii, in Maud & Other Poems 11 The least little delicate aquiline curve in a sensitive nose.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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