Meanings
adjectiverednosed (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving a red nose.
Old Neil came in rednosed and shivering, his hair and beard encrusted with rime. 'It's that bad I must have peed icicles when I got up this morn,' he gasped.
2001, Oonagh Morrison, For promised joy, page 1771 more example
Coming back from a low-level strafe four miles inside German lines, he heard the familiar crack of a whip and turned to see a rednosed Fokker biplane diving out of the clouds.
1976, Herbert Molloy Mason, The United States Air Force: a turbulent history
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Translations
Finnish punanenäinen
- punanenäinenhaving a red nose
Greek κοκκινομύτης
- κοκκινομύτης (kokkinomýtis)having a red nose
Russian красноносый
- красноносый (krasnonosyj)having a red nose
Swedish rödnäst
- rödnästhaving a red nose
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APA
rednosed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rednosed
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Chicago
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