nasute

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English

Etymology

Latin nasutus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /neɪˈsuːt/, /neɪˈsjuːt/

Adjective

nasute (comparative more nasute, superlative most nasute)

Having a long snout.
(obsolete) Having a sensitive sense of smell.
- 1664, J E, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. , London: Jo Martyn, and Ja Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, , →OCLC:
  nasute greedy Swine
(obsolete) pedantic; captious

Noun

nasute (plural nasutes)

A kind of termite with a nasus.

References

“nasute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

unseat, Natsue, sun tea, Austen, uneats, Autens, Nauset

Latin

Etymology

From nāsūtus (“large-nosed, satirical”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /naːˈsuː.teː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /naˈsu.te/,

Adverb

nāsūtē (comparative nāsūtius, superlative nāsūtissimē)

satirically, scornfully, wittily, sarcastically

Related terms

References

“nasute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
nasute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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