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nostril

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7
Pronunciation
/ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/(UK)
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/ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/(UK) · /ˈnɒs.tɹəl/(UK) · /ˈnɑ.stɹəl/(US) · /ˈnɔs.tɹəl/

Definition of nostril

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.
    “[…]whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.”

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Etymology

From Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”). By surface analysis, nose + thirl (“hole”).

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