nostrility

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nostril +‎ -ity

Noun[edit]

nostrility (uncountable)

  1. The condition of having pronounced nostrils.
    • 1948, Robert Nunes Carvalho, Wherein I Glory, page 174:
      Hittite monuments show the Hittites as short, thick-set men with large, rounded heads, short necks, full, rather puffy faces, adorned with a rounded nose showing marked nostrility.