Aquilinity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being aquiline (resembling an eagle). countable, uncountable
"These idols, though representing the softer sex as often as the masculine, were by no means remarkable for personal beauty. 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."
Example
More examples"These idols, though representing the softer sex as often as the masculine, were by no means remarkable for personal beauty. 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."
Etymology
From aquiline + -ity.
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