Word of the Day 1.10.09
aquiline
aq·ui·line (
k
w
-l
n
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n)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an eagle.
2. Curved or hooked like an eagle’s beak: an aquiline nose.
[Latin aquilnus, from aquila, eagle.]
aqui·lini·ty (-lnt
) n.
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| Adj. | 1. | aquiline – curved down like an eagle’s beak
crooked – having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; “crooked country roads”; “crooked teeth”
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