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5 Oct 2026, 22:17 by bogdan “Add pronunciation, sense history, timeline, word family, related words; definitions under Modern meaning” current version
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/, /ˈnɒs.tɹəl/ ''(UK)''; /ˈnɑ.stɹəl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)
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==Etymology==
− The word is [[inh|enm|nostrille]],^(AHD)^(Wiktionary) [[inh|ang|nosþyrl|t=nose-hole]],^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) from ''nosu'' “nose” + ''þyrel'' “hole”,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) and is recorded in Old English around 1000.^(OED 1989) After the second element fell out of use as a word of its own, its form was corrupted within the compound.^(Etymonline)
+ The word is [[inh|enm|nostrille]],^(AHD)^(Wiktionary) [[inh|ang|nosþyrl|t=nose-hole]],^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) from ''nosu'' “nose” + ''þyrel'' “hole”.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) After the second element fell out of use as a word of its own, its form was corrupted within the compound.^(Etymonline)
− Compare [[nose]] and [[thirl]].^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ One of the two openings in the nose, in Old English around 1000.^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)
− ==Noun==
− '''nostril'''
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1000 – Old English ''nosþyrl''.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1644 – figuratively, of persons.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1909 – verb, “to inhale or exhale through the nose”.^(OED 1989)
+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
# Either of the two external openings of the nose.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
# A similar opening in other animals, such as on a bird's beak.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nose]]
+ * [[thirl]]
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==References==
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