sharp-nosed

[ shahrp-nohzd ]

adjective

1. having a thin, pointed nose.
2. having a sharp or projecting front:

   a sharp-nosed airplane.

3. having a keen or sensitive sense of smell.

Other Words From

• sharp-nosed·ly [shahrp, -, nohzd, -lee, -, noh, -zid-], adverb
• sharp-nosedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sharp-nosed¹

First recorded in 1555–65

Example Sentences

“You know they shut the schools for girls in Herat,” the sharp-nosed brunette said.

From The Daily Beast

The face of the old woman alone peeped out from them; a yellow, wrinkled, sharp-nosed, toothless face.

From Project Gutenberg

A few razor-backed, long-legged, sharp-nosed porkers are the indispensable adjunct of well-regulated mountaineer families.

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One of these, Scoliodon terræ-novæ, is the common sharp-nosed shark of our Carolina coast.

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He had a sharp-nosed, wax-doll face with a golden yellow beard and eyes cast down in pious modesty, and he was smiling mawkishly.

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We row down the lake, lazily and slowly, past rocky bays and sharp-nosed promontories, and low points pinnacled with firs.

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