aquiline

aquiline

English

WOTD – 11 November 2006

Aquiline

Etymology

From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (“eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.wɪ.laɪn/

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Adjective

aquiline (comparative more aquiline, superlative most aquiline)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.

   Synonym: eaglelike

   • 1748, [Tobias Smollett], chapter 22, in The Adventures of Roderick Random. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), 2nd edition, London: […] J. Osborn […], OCLC 1181155068:

     He was about the age of two-and-twenty, among the tallest of the middle size; had chestnut-coloured hair, which he wore tied up in a ribbon; a high polished forehead, a nose inclining to the aquiline, lively blue eyes, red pouting lips, teeth as white as snow, and a certain openness of countenance—but why need I describe any more particulars of his person?

   • 1791, Edmund Burke, Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, London: J. Dodsley, pp. 139-140,

     Think of a genius not born in every country or every time: a man gifted by Nature with a penetrating, aquiline eye; with a judgment prepared with the most extensive erudition; with an herculean robustness of mind, and nerves not to be broken with labour; a man who could spend twenty years in one pursuit.

   • 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Empty House,” in The Return of Sherlock Holmes,

     Holmes looked even thinner and keener than of old, but there was a dead-white tinge in his aquiline face which told me that his life recently had not been a healthy one.

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:

     […] Wani, whose smooth sleekness had been part of his charm, seemed to Nick to grow leaner and ever more aquiline.

   Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses.

Derived terms

• aquilinely
• aquilineness
• aquiline nose
• aquilinity

 

Translations

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles

Bulgarian: орлов (bg) (orlov) Catalan: aguilenc, aquilí Esperanto: agla, agleca French: aquilin (fr) Georgian: არწივისებრი (arc̣ivisebri), კეხიანი (ḳexiani) German: adlerhaft, Adler- (prefix) Greek: αετίσιος (el) (aetísios) Hungarian: sas- (hu), sasszerű, horgas (hu) Italian: aquilino (it) m Manx: croymmagh, shawkagh, urleydagh Occitan: agulin Polish: orli (pl) m Portuguese: aquilino (pt) Russian: орли́ный (ru) (orlínyj) Slovak: orlí Spanish: aguileño (es) Ukrainian: орли́ний (uk) (orlýnyj) Volapük: kvilik

Anagrams

• quiniela

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.lin/
• Homophone: aquilines

Adjective

aquiline

1. feminine singular of aquilin

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Italian

Adjective

aquiline

1. feminine plural of aquilino

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kʷiˈliː.ne/, [äkʷɪˈlʲiːnɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kwiˈli.ne/, [äkwiˈliːne]

Adjective

aquilīne

1. vocative masculine singular of aquilīnus