nasute

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/neɪˈsuːt//neɪˈsjuːt/

adjective

Having a long snout.

OriginLatin nāsūtus →
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Meanings

adjectivenasute (comparative more nasute, superlative most nasute)

comparative more nasute · superlative most nasute

  1. Having a long snout.
  2. obsoleteHaving a sensitive sense of smell.

    nasute greedy Swine

    1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC
  3. obsoletepedantic; captious
nounnasute (plural nasutes)

plural nasutes

  1. A kind of termite with a nasus.

Origin

  1. Latinnāsūtus
  2. Englishnasute

From Latin nāsūtus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

AustenunseatNausetNatsue
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nasute,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasute.

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