Aquiline
['ækwɪlaɪn]
Definition
(a.) Belonging to or like an eagle.
(a.) Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose
Inputed by Enoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Hooked (like an eagle's beak; applied especially to the nose), bent, curved.
Typed by Arlene
Definition
adj. relating to or like the eagle: curved or hooked like an eagle's beak.
Editor: Lucia
Examples
- He was a remarkably handsome man, dark, aquiline, and moustached--evidently the man of whom I had heard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- His dark, handsome, aquiline features were convulsed into a spasm of vindictive hatred, which had set his dead face in a terribly fiendish expression. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a gaunt, aquiline face which was turned towards us, with piercing dark eyes, which lurked in deep hollows under overhung and tufted brows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Lucia