aquilinity

Examples of aquilinity in a sentence

• Not one had been permitted to retain its entire complement of limbs, and if a lady had managed to preserve the aquilinity of her nose, she might consider herself a fortunate exception.1866, James Payn, chapter 2, in The Clyffards of Clyffe,, volume 2, London: Hurst and Blackett, page 24:
• […] & so it came to pass that, on the same week Sissee Nar’s nose was Enhanced into eternal aquilinity, Nar & Tri-Stan’s much-ballyhooed Satyr-Nymph Network was born & licensed for analog broadcast.1999, David Foster Wallace, “Tri-Stan: I Sold Sissee Nar to Ecko”, in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Boston: Little, Brown:

Synonyms of aquilinity

• aquilineness

Forms of aquilinity

Origin of aquilinity

From aquiline + -ity.

Questions about aquilinity

What does aquilinity mean?

Aquilinity means the quality of being aquiline (resembling an eagle).

How do you use aquilinity in a sentence?

Not one had been permitted to retain its entire complement of limbs, and if a lady had managed to preserve the aquilinity of her nose, she might consider herself a fortunate exception.

What part of speech is aquilinity?

Aquilinity is a noun.

What is the plural of aquilinity?

The plural of aquilinity is aquilinities.