Aquiline
/ˈæk.wɪˌlaɪn/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
"Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses."
Adjective
- 1 curved down like an eagle's beak wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (“eagle”).