Nostrility

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of having pronounced nostrils. uncountable

    "Hittite monuments show the Hittites as short, thick-set men with large, rounded heads, short necks, full, rather puffy faces, adorned with a rounded nose showing marked nostrility."

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"Hittite monuments show the Hittites as short, thick-set men with large, rounded heads, short necks, full, rather puffy faces, adorned with a rounded nose showing marked nostrility."

Etymology

From nostril + -ity.

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