单词 | roman nose |
释义 | > as lemmasRoman nose Roman nose n. a nose with a high prominent bridge; also used of an animal's (esp. a horse's) nose; cf. sense B. 5c. ΚΠ 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον v. 264 The second hath his bending separate from the brow, and the swelling in the middle part of the nose like a Hawkes byll, and those are the markes of Courage and Beautie, and such we tearme a Hawkes nose, or a Roman nose. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 84 We use to call such an high and eminent Nose, a Roman Nose. 1709 Tatler No. 75. ⁋5 The Butler, who was noted for round Shoulders, and a Roman nose. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 396 Some Cæsar shows—Defective only in his Roman nose. 1831 W. Youatt Horse viii. 117 In some horses, this arch is more than usually developed... These horses are said to have Roman noses. 1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 88 In man there is the Roman nose, the pug, the straight, the flat, the broken. 1907 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 20 244 He prefers the horse which has a Roman nose, broad forehead, and flowing mane and tail. 1994 Times 29 Dec. 19/4 She regarded this as a tactful suggestion that her prominent Roman nose was too big. < as lemmas |
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