hook-nosed, a.
Having a hook-nose.
| 1519 W. Horman Vulg. 31 They that be hookenosed..theyr spectacles shall nat lightly fal fro them. 1597 Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. iii. 45, I may iustly say with the hooke⁓nos'd fellow of Rome, I came, saw, and ouer-came. 1682 Lond. Gaz. No. 1708/4 A..raw-bon'd Man..squint Eyed, hook Nos'd. [1870 Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 34 Thin-cheeked, hooked-nos'd, e'en as might be An ancient erne.] 1938 [see fawn-eyed s.v. fawn n.1 4]. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive ii. 55 Cherry-starred Japan, hook-nosed Lima. |