hook-nosedadj.
Having a hook-nose.
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cammed?c1350
camoised1393
nosed?1440
hook-nosed1519
snat-nosed1519
flat-nosed1530
bottle-nosed1566
chamoy-nosed1598
saddle-nosed1598
swine-snouted1600
camois-nosed1601
round-nosed1611
nosy1620
flat-nose1636
simous1656
sharp-nosed1675
tutty-nosed1681
Roman-nosed1688
snut-nosed1706
snub-nosed1725
camois1745
blunt-nosed1772
pug-nosed1788
snipy1825
button-nosed1830
nip-nosed1831
leptorrhinian1878
leptorrhine1880
snub1883
knob-nosed1886
long-nose1896
Tartar-nosed1897
Ally Sloper1901
beaky-nosed1923
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 31 They, that be hooke nosed..theyr spectacles shall nat lightly fal fro them.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 40 I may iustly say with the hooke-nosde [1623 hooke-nos'd] fellow of Rome,..I came, saw, and ouercame. View more context for this quotation
1682 London Gaz. No. 1708/4 A..raw-bon'd Man..squint Eyed, hook Nos'd.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 34 Thin-cheeked, hooked-nos'd, e'en as might be An ancient erne.]
1938 S. Spender Trial of Judge 16 The gross-lipped fawn-eyed nigger-skinned Hook-nosed intellectual Petra.
1958 L. Durrell Mountolive ii. 55 Cherry-starred Japan, hook-nosed Lima.
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adj.1519