mesorrhine

[mez-uh-rahyn, -rin, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]

adjective

Anthropology.

1. having a moderately broad and high-bridged nose.

Other Word Forms

• mesorrhiny noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mesorrhine¹

1875–80; meso- + -rrhine < Greek -rhīnos -nosed, adj. derivative of rhī́s nose