aquiline

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.

   Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses.

2. 2
   adj

   curved down like an eagle's beak

Simplified etymology

Aquiline, recorded in the mid-17th century, derives from Latin aquila “eagle.” An aquiline nose is hooked like an eagle’s beak.

Etymology tree Latin aquila Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin aquilīnusder. English aquiline From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (“eagle”).

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