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Definition of Adunc
1. a. Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill.
Definition of Adunc
1. Adjective. (context: usually of a nose) Curved inward, hooked. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adunc
1. bent inward [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adunc
Literary usage of Adunc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... (1) a young bulb, as a "clove" of garlic; (2) a sucker of some Monocotyledons.
adunc'ate.adunc'ous ..."
2. The Earlier Renaissance by George Saintsbury (1901)
"the easy well-bred or would-be well-bred man of the world who suspends everything
on the adunc nose and occasionally scratches with still more ..."
3. Periods of European Literature by George Saintsbury (1901)
"the easy well-bred or would-be well-bred man of the world who suspends everything
on the adunc nose and occasionally scratches with still more ..."
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