nosethirl
English
Alternative forms
- nosethril [16th–17th c.]
Etymology
From Middle English nosethirl. By surface analysis, nose + thirl. Compare nostril.
Noun
nosethirl (plural nosethirls)
- (now UK regional, archaic) A nostril.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- proud Encelade, whose wide nosethrils burnd / With breathed flames, like to a furnace red [...].
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Anagrams
- helitrons, short line, shortline
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nosethrille, nosethurl, nosethrul, nosetherel, nosethrel, nosethorl, nosederl, nosetrel, nosesterl
Etymology
From Old English nosþȳrel, equivalent to nose + thirl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔːsˌθirl/
Noun
nosethirl (plural nosethirles)
- nostril
Descendants
- English: nostril, nosethirl (archaic)
- Yola: nizterels, niztrols (plural)
References
- “nōse-thirl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.