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aquiline

/ˈæk.wɪˌlaɪn/

aquiline adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.

aquiline: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle
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Adjective

aquiline (comparative more aquiline, superlative most aquiline)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
    • Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses.
    • He was about the age of two-and-twenty, among the tallest of the middle size; had chestnut-coloured hair, which he wore tied up in a ribbon; a high polished forehead, a nose inclining to the aquiline, lively blue eyes, red pouting lips, teeth as white as snow, and a certain openness of...1748, [Tobias Smollett], chapter 22, in The Adventures of Roderick Random. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [William Strahan] for J[ohn] Osborn […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    eaglelike

aquiline meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

aquiline in Tamil

நீண்ட வளைந்த அலகு

aquiline in Malayalam

bent, hooked, curved
കിളിച്ചുണ്ടൻ, വഞ്ജുല, വള, വക്രമായ, വളഞ്ഞ, വൃജന

Examples of aquiline in a sentence

  • Holmes looked even thinner and keener than of old, but there was a dead-white tinge in his aquiline face which told me that his life recently had not been a healthy one.1903 September 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Empty House”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure...
  • […] Wani, whose smooth sleekness had been part of his charm, seemed to Nick to grow leaner and ever more aquiline.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page...

Synonyms of aquiline

Forms of aquiline

comparativemore aquiline
superlativemost aquiline

Origin of aquiline

From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (“eagle”).

Words formed from aquiline

Phrases with aquiline

Questions about aquiline

What does aquiline mean?
Aquiline means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
What is aquiline in Tamil?
Aquiline in Tamil is நீண்ட வளைந்த அலகு. See Aquiline meaning in Tamil.
How do you use aquiline in a sentence?
Holmes looked even thinner and keener than of old, but there was a dead-white tinge in his aquiline face which told me that his life recently had not been a healthy one.
What part of speech is aquiline?
Aquiline is an adjective.
How do you pronounce aquiline?
Aquiline is pronounced /ˈæk.wɪˌlaɪn/.

Words near aquiline in the dictionary

  1. Aquilian
  2. Aquilid
  3. Aquilids
  4. Aquilina
  5. Aquilinas
  6. aquiline
  7. aquiline nose
  8. aquiline noses
  9. aquilinely
  10. aquilineness
  11. aquilinities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aquiline (page history and authors); aquiline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aquiline (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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