Hook-nosed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a hooked or curved nose. not-comparable

    "She is a large, oleaginous, black-haired, hook-nosed woman, who invariably wears ear-rings, and perfumes a room with the odor of fried fish."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having an aquiline nose wordnet

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"But one there was who didn't care, / Whatever the furious storm might dare, / A wonderful, hook-nosed bright-eyed fellow / In a thin brown cape and a cap of yellow / That perched on his dripping coal-black hair."

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