ˈcopper-ˌnose
[Cf. Ger. kupfernase, F. couperose.]
1. Path. A red nose caused by the disease Acne rosacea, by intemperance, etc.; also, as a single word, a name for the disease.
| 1606 Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. ii. 115, I had as lieue, Helens golden tongue had commended Troylus for a copper nose. 1822 Scott Nigel x, The stoutest raven dared not come within a yard of that copper-nose. 1882 Syd. Soc. Lex., Coppernose, a synonym of Acne Rosacea. |
2. The Copper-nosed Bream (Lepomis pallidus).
Hence ˈcopper-ˌnosed a., having a red- or copper-coloured nose.
| 1579–80 North Plutarch (1676) 386 He was copper-nosed, and that was full of white streaks here and there. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Pouacre, a filthy, foule, rotten, copper nosed one. 1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 90 Copper-nos'd Francie and Gibbie. |