nostril
Alternative forms
- nosethirl (now Britain regional, archaic)
Etymology
From earlier nosthril, from Middle English nosethirl ~ nosethril (and other forms), from Old English nosþȳrel, equivalent to Afrikans. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nostril (plural nostrils)
- Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
- 1601, Plinius Secundus, Philemon Holland, transl., The Hiſtorie of the World. Commonly Called, the Naturall Hiſtorie […] [1], London: Impenſis G. B, Book L, Chapter XIII, strana 58:
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Translations
either of the two orifices located on the nose
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References
- nostril in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- nostril in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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