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nosethirl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nosethirl
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nostril.

British usage; Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English nosethirl. By surface analysis, nose + thirl. Compare nostril.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

nosethirls (plural) nosethril (alternative)

Questions

What does nosethirl mean?
A nostril.
Where does nosethirl come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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