Definitions for aquiline

aquiline aq·ui·line

Spelling: [ak-wuh-lahyn, -lin]
IPA: /ˈæk wəˌlaɪn, -lɪn/

Aquiline is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in aquiline (aeiilnqu).

Definitions for aquiline

adjective

  1. (of the nose) shaped like an eagle's beak; hooked.
  2. of or like the eagle.

Origin of aquiline

1640-50; (Latin aquilīnus. See Aquila, -ine1

Examples for aquiline

The features were marked and aquiline, as was common to those of Norman blood.

An aquiline nose is one hooked like the beak which belongs to an eagle.

His nose was aquiline, his forehead high and square, his chin massive.

Her eyes were large and deeply blue; her nose small, but high and aquiline.

But except for the accident that both outlines were aquiline, they had little in common.

He had a vigorous, massive head, with aquiline nose, and mobile lips.

There was something so unyielding in the keen, aquiline nose and pointed chin.

aquiline nose, face long and aristocratic, voice deep and vibrant.

She had an eagle eye, an aquiline nose, an eagle flounce, and an eagle heart.

It was not an aquiline nose, nor was it an aquiline nose reversed.

Word Value for aquiline
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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