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nasute

/neɪˈsuːt/

nasute adjective: having a long snout.

Adjective

nasute (comparative more nasute, superlative most nasute)

  1. Having a long snout.
  2. (obsolete) Having a sensitive sense of smell.
    • nasute greedy Swine1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...
  3. (obsolete) pedantic; captious

Noun

nasute (plural nasutes)

  1. A kind of termite with a nasus.

Forms of nasute

Adjective
comparativemore nasute
superlativemost nasute
Noun
pluralnasutes

Origin of nasute

From Latin nāsūtus.

Words formed from nasute

Questions about nasute

What does nasute mean?
Nasute means having a long snout.
What part of speech is nasute?
Nasute can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce nasute?
Nasute is pronounced /neɪˈsuːt/.

Words near nasute in the dictionary

  1. Nasu-Hakola disease
  2. Nasugbu
  3. Nasunogan
  4. nasus
  5. nasus externus
  6. nasute
  7. nasuteness
  8. nasutes
  9. nasutiform
  10. NASUWT
  11. NASW

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