nasuteadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈneɪsjuːt/,

/neɪsˈjuːt/, U.S.

/ˈˌneɪˈˌsut/

Forms: 1600s nasut, 1600s– nasute.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nāsūtus.

Etymology: < classical Latin nāsūtus having a long nose, witty, satirical, sharp < nāsus nose (see nase n.) + -ūtus, suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

A. adj.

†1. Having a keen critical faculty; sagacious. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective]

sharpc888

yepec1000

spacka1200

yare-witelc1275

fellc1300

yap13..

seeinga1382

far-castinga1387

sightya1400

perceivinga1425

snellc1425

politic?a1439

quickc1449

pregnant?a1475

pert1484

quick-wittedc1525

apt1535

intelligentc1540

queemc1540

ready-witted1576

political1577

of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579

conceited1583

perspicuous1584

sharp-witteda1586

shrewd1589

inseeing1590

conceived1596

acute1598

pregnate1598

agile1599

nimble-headed1601

insighted1602

nimble1604

nimble-witted1604

penetrant1605

penetrating1606

spraga1616

acuminous1619

discoursing1625

smart1639

penetrativea1641

sagacious1650

nasute1653

acuminate1654

blunt-sharpa1661

long-headed1665

smoky1688

rapid1693

keen1704

gash1706

snack1710

cute1731

mobile1778

wide awake1785

acuminated1786

quick-minded1789

kicky1790

snap1790

downy1803

snacky1806

unbaffleable1827

varmint1829

needle-sharp1836

nimble-brained1836

incisivea1850

spry1849

fast1850

snappy1871

hard-boiled1884

on the spot1903

1616 B. Jonson Poëtaster (rev. ed.) To Rdr., in Wks. I. 348 The Persons. Nasvtvs. Polyposvs. Author.]

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 303 The names then of Clergy and Laity, in which the Nasuter Criticks of this age, sent something of pride.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. x. 320 Our modern Atheists, especially the more nasute sort of them.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vi. 212 If there be some so Nasute..as to undertake the discrimination of..Medals.

1707 T. Bray Bibl. Paroch. (ed. 2) 34 This is a piece of Knowledge extremely slighted by such as would be accounted Nasute, Critical and Sagacious.

1868 J. Thomas & J. M. Keagy J. Oswald's Etymol. Dict. (rev. ed.) 256 Nasute, critical, nice, captious.]

†2. Having a strong sense of smell. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute

tender-noseda1425

nosedc1425

high-nosed1548

quick-nosed1561

well-nosed1568

scented1579

well-scented1579

quick-scented1590

nose-wise1596

sagacious1607

scentful1616

nasute1699

nice-scented1777

osmatic1880

nim-nosed1936

1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 42 They are commonly discovered by a Nasute Swine purposely brought up.

3. Zoology. Nose-shaped; having a pronounced proboscis; (Entomology) of or designating a caste of soldier termites of the genus Nasutitermes or the subfamily Nasutitermitinae, which have a nasus; of or designating a termite genus or species characterized by such soldiers.The sense in quot. 1874 is indeterminate: the quot. may belong at sense A. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > having a long nose > relating to proboscis > having a trunk or proboscis > having shape of proboscis

proboscidiform1821

proboscoid1848

probosciformed1851

probosciform1872

nasute1874

proboscidal1876

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > of order Isoptera > of members of genus Nasutitermes

nasute1926

1874 A. Bain Eng. Gram. as bearing upon Composition 269 There are also assimilations, for the most part probably from nouns: affectionate, cristate..; favourite; cornute (cp. horned), hirsute, nasute, &c.

1884 J. Hall in Geol. Mag. Dec. 560 In other forms [of lamellibranchiate molluscs], the anterior extremity becomes nasute or rostrate.

1926 R. J. Tillyard Insects Austral. & N.Z. xi. 103 In the family Termitidae the soldiers are sometimes of the nasute type, i.e. they are provided with pear-shaped heads more or less produced anteriorly, above the mandibles, into a narrow, snout-like process.

1934 Discovery Nov. 307 (caption) Earthen mound built by nasute termites in northern Australia.

1970 F. J. Gay in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xv. 292/1 Nasutitermes is widely distributed throughout Australia, particularly in the northern half of the continent. The soldiers are the typical nasute type.

1983 Sci. Amer. Aug. 72/2 The..potentially lethal barrage of the nasute soldiers.

1992 Insectes Sociaux 39 313 The developmental pattern of the neuter castes was studied in the mandibulate nasute genera Cornitermes, Embiratermes and Rhynchotermes.

B. n. Entomology.

A nasute termite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Isoptera > member of genus Nasutitermes

nasutus1869

nasute1963

1963 A. W. Leftwich Student's Dict. Zool. 160 Nasutes, soldier-termites: specialized forms within the genus Nasutitermes, able to defend the colony by discharging an acrid secretion from glands situated at the end of a long snout or rostrum.

1983 Sci. Amer. Aug. 87/1 The South American nasutes with large mandibles cannot squirt their secretions.

1996 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 89 775 The generic status of the Greater Antillean smaller nasutes (all genera except Nasutitermes) is revised.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nasute
释义	nasuteadj.n. Brit. /ˈneɪsjuːt/, /neɪsˈjuːt/, U.S. /ˈˌneɪˈˌsut/ Forms: 1600s nasut, 1600s– nasute. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nāsūtus. Etymology: < classical Latin nāsūtus having a long nose, witty, satirical, sharp < nāsus nose (see nase n.) + -ūtus, suffix forming adjectives from nouns. A. adj. †1. Having a keen critical faculty; sagacious. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] sharpc888 yepec1000 spacka1200 yare-witelc1275 fellc1300 yap13.. seeinga1382 far-castinga1387 sightya1400 perceivinga1425 snellc1425 politic?a1439 quickc1449 pregnant?a1475 pert1484 quick-wittedc1525 apt1535 intelligentc1540 queemc1540 ready-witted1576 political1577 of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579 conceited1583 perspicuous1584 sharp-witteda1586 shrewd1589 inseeing1590 conceived1596 acute1598 pregnate1598 agile1599 nimble-headed1601 insighted1602 nimble1604 nimble-witted1604 penetrant1605 penetrating1606 spraga1616 acuminous1619 discoursing1625 smart1639 penetrativea1641 sagacious1650 nasute1653 acuminate1654 blunt-sharpa1661 long-headed1665 smoky1688 rapid1693 keen1704 gash1706 snack1710 cute1731 mobile1778 wide awake1785 acuminated1786 quick-minded1789 kicky1790 snap1790 downy1803 snacky1806 unbaffleable1827 varmint1829 needle-sharp1836 nimble-brained1836 incisivea1850 spry1849 fast1850 snappy1871 hard-boiled1884 on the spot1903 1616 B. Jonson Poëtaster (rev. ed.) To Rdr., in Wks. I. 348 The Persons. Nasvtvs. Polyposvs. Author.] 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 303 The names then of Clergy and Laity, in which the Nasuter Criticks of this age, sent something of pride. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. x. 320 Our modern Atheists, especially the more nasute sort of them. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vi. 212 If there be some so Nasute..as to undertake the discrimination of..Medals. 1707 T. Bray Bibl. Paroch. (ed. 2) 34 This is a piece of Knowledge extremely slighted by such as would be accounted Nasute, Critical and Sagacious. 1868 J. Thomas & J. M. Keagy J. Oswald's Etymol. Dict. (rev. ed.) 256 Nasute, critical, nice, captious.] †2. Having a strong sense of smell. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute tender-noseda1425 nosedc1425 high-nosed1548 quick-nosed1561 well-nosed1568 scented1579 well-scented1579 quick-scented1590 nose-wise1596 sagacious1607 scentful1616 nasute1699 nice-scented1777 osmatic1880 nim-nosed1936 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 42 They are commonly discovered by a Nasute Swine purposely brought up. 3. Zoology. Nose-shaped; having a pronounced proboscis; (Entomology) of or designating a caste of soldier termites of the genus Nasutitermes or the subfamily Nasutitermitinae, which have a nasus; of or designating a termite genus or species characterized by such soldiers.The sense in quot. 1874 is indeterminate: the quot. may belong at sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > having a long nose > relating to proboscis > having a trunk or proboscis > having shape of proboscis proboscidiform1821 proboscoid1848 probosciformed1851 probosciform1872 nasute1874 proboscidal1876 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > of order Isoptera > of members of genus Nasutitermes nasute1926 1874 A. Bain Eng. Gram. as bearing upon Composition 269 There are also assimilations, for the most part probably from nouns: affectionate, cristate..; favourite; cornute (cp. horned), hirsute, nasute, &c. 1884 J. Hall in Geol. Mag. Dec. 560 In other forms [of lamellibranchiate molluscs], the anterior extremity becomes nasute or rostrate. 1926 R. J. Tillyard Insects Austral. & N.Z. xi. 103 In the family Termitidae the soldiers are sometimes of the nasute type, i.e. they are provided with pear-shaped heads more or less produced anteriorly, above the mandibles, into a narrow, snout-like process. 1934 Discovery Nov. 307 (caption) Earthen mound built by nasute termites in northern Australia. 1970 F. J. Gay in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xv. 292/1 Nasutitermes is widely distributed throughout Australia, particularly in the northern half of the continent. The soldiers are the typical nasute type. 1983 Sci. Amer. Aug. 72/2 The..potentially lethal barrage of the nasute soldiers. 1992 Insectes Sociaux 39 313 The developmental pattern of the neuter castes was studied in the mandibulate nasute genera Cornitermes, Embiratermes and Rhynchotermes. B. n. Entomology. A nasute termite. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Isoptera > member of genus Nasutitermes nasutus1869 nasute1963 1963 A. W. Leftwich Student's Dict. Zool. 160 Nasutes, soldier-termites: specialized forms within the genus Nasutitermes, able to defend the colony by discharging an acrid secretion from glands situated at the end of a long snout or rostrum. 1983 Sci. Amer. Aug. 87/1 The South American nasutes with large mandibles cannot squirt their secretions. 1996 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 89 775 The generic status of the Greater Antillean smaller nasutes (all genera except Nasutitermes) is revised. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1653
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