单词 | aquiline |
释义 | aquilineadj. 1. Of or belonging to an eagle. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1646 |
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