单词 | roman-nosed |
释义 | Roman-nosedadj. Having a Roman nose. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose > having 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 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 426/2 Roman nosed, to have the middle of the Nose Bunched, swelling up. 1688 Pleasures Matrimony i. 20 Unless..the young Raw-bones be handsome and Roman Nos'd. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 12 The Dish-faced or Roman-Nosed Horse. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. ii. v. 271 The Corporal..had resolved to bait his roman-nosed horse and refresh himself. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) i. 6 Biting her lips and throwing up her venerable and Roman-nosed head. 1912 J. S. Huxley Individual in Animal Kingdom iii. 80 The chromosomes of the nucleus—those bodies which taken together appear to determine the characteristics of the offspring..—whether it shall be tall or short, fair or dark, chubby or lanky, tip-tilted or Roman-nosed. 1987 Times 31 Jan. 41/2 [They] have developed a very different hull shape together with a Roman-nosed keel sporting stubby Delta wings. 2001 C. Hebald Heart too Long Suppressed i. 13 A Junoesque, Roman-nosed beauty of thirty-seven,..she dressed for business every morning in the same mannish suit. Derivatives ˌRoman-ˈnosedness n. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1912 D. H. Lawrence Let. 24 Dec. (1932) 87 If it's destined to have a snub nose, it's sheer waste of time to harass the poor brat into Roman-nosedness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1688 |
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