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horsenostrilled

horsenostrilled adjective: have large nostrils, like that of a horse.

Adjective

horsenostrilled (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, rare) Have large nostrils, like that of a horse.
    • A hater of his kind ran from them to the wood of madness, his mane foaming in the moon, his eyeballs stars. Houyhnhnm, horsenostrilled.1920, James Joyce, Ulysses

Origin of horsenostrilled

From horse + nostrilled.

Questions about horsenostrilled

What does horsenostrilled mean?
Horsenostrilled means have large nostrils, like that of a horse.
What part of speech is horsenostrilled?
Horsenostrilled is an adjective.

Words near horsenostrilled in the dictionary

  1. horsenail
  2. horsenails
  3. horseness
  4. horsenettle
  5. horsenettles
  6. horsenostrilled
  7. Horsens
  8. horsepeople
  9. horseperson
  10. horsepersons
  11. horseplay

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