nostrilful

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noun

The amount of a substance that can fit in a nostril.

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Meanings

nounnostrilful (plural nostrilfuls or nostrilsful)

plural nostrilfuls · plural nostrilsful

  1. The amount of a substance that can fit in a nostril.

    Some of his contemporaries from other waters are greeted with nostrilsful of foul water, reeking of detergent and factory waste.

    1969 February 15, “Angling: Cliff Parker says: It’s a wise salmon that knows its own father”, in The Birmingham Post, number 34,408, page III

Origin

From nostril + -ful.

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APA

nostrilful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nostrilful

MLA

“nostrilful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nostrilful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nostrilful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nostrilful.

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