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aquilineness

aquilineness noun: the quality of being like an eagle.

Noun

aquilineness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being like an eagle.
    • The convexity of the Roman Nose is confined to the centre of the Nose, and occasions its aquilineness.1848, George Jabet (as Eden Warwick), Nasology: or, Hints towards a Classification of Noses, London: Richard Bentley, Chapter 6, p. 169, footnote
    • […] there may be a nose which deviates from the ideal straightness towards the aquiline or the snub, but still remains beautiful and fair to view, and yet, if you still further intensify and exaggerate these tendencies, you will first sacrifice the due proportion of the feature, and, as you...1888, J. E. C. Welldon, transl., The Politics of Aristotle, London: Macmillan, Book 8, Chapter 9, pp. 377-378
    Synonyms:
    aquilinity

Synonyms of aquilineness

Origin of aquilineness

From aquiline + -ness.

Questions about aquilineness

What does aquilineness mean?
Aquilineness means the quality of being like an eagle.
What part of speech is aquilineness?
Aquilineness is a noun.

Words near aquilineness in the dictionary

  1. Aquilinas
  2. aquiline
  3. aquiline nose
  4. aquiline noses
  5. aquilinely
  6. aquilineness
  7. aquilinities
  8. aquilinity
  9. aquilino
  10. aquilinos
  11. Aquilla

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