Aquiline
[AK-wə-lahyn]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Latin, mid-17th century
1.
Like an eagle.
2.
(Of a person's nose) hooked or curved like an eagle's beak.
Examples of Aquiline in a sentence
"Actor Noah Wyle’s most recognizable feature is his aquiline nose."
"The Great Seal of the United States has an aquiline figure on it."
About Aquiline
This word stems from the Latin “aquilinus,” deriving from “aquila,” meaning “eagle.”
Did you Know?
“Aquiline” is most commonly used to describe the shape of a person’s nose. However, its root word, “aquila” doubles as the name of a constellation on the celestial equator. The name denotes the bird that carried Zeus’s thunderbolts in ancient mythology. The constellation itself doesn’t closely resemble a bird but does have wings.
