nostrilityn.
/nɒsˈtrɪlᵻti/, U.S. /nɑsˈtrɪlᵻdi/ Now historical.
Prominence of the part of the nose surrounding the nostrils (in quots. frequently regarded as a Jewish characteristic).
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nostrility1886
1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 54 It is not alone this ‘nostrility’ which makes a Jewish face so easily recognizable.
1917 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 47 229 Noses showing a good deal of ‘nostrility’..are not uncommon.
1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vi. 176 It is this ‘nostrility’ that is perhaps more typical of the ‘Jewish’ nose.
1993 Amer. Hist. Rev. 98 137/1 Jacobs..fancied himself able to identify Jewish eyes (more readily even than their notorious ‘nostrility’).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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