Today's word - aquiline

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May 31, 2009, 03:02:19 AM
I've seen this in several descriptions and would just like to make certain everyone who uses it knows what it means:

1 : curving like an eagle's beak <an aquiline nose>
2 : of, relating to, or resembling an eagle

Here's a visualization:


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May 31, 2009, 03:04:38 AM #1
Everybody hide, it's the adjective police.
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May 31, 2009, 03:19:42 AM #2
I've seen it used in places where I don't think it's what they intended too. XD
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May 31, 2009, 03:24:47 AM #3
His eyes don't look blue to me.
May 31, 2009, 04:36:49 AM #4
Quote from: hyzhenhok on May 31, 2009, 03:24:47 AM
His eyes don't look blue to me.

LMAO!
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May 31, 2009, 07:46:36 AM #5
Aquiline is all the rage in Zalanthan noses these days, it seems.
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May 31, 2009, 10:47:19 AM #6
Quote from: Synthesis on May 31, 2009, 03:04:38 AM
Everybody hide, it's the adjective police.

I don't know, I'm kind of glad he spoke up.  Lots of peeps use fairly random words in their descs and there is certainly a tendency by some peeps to go overboard.

You care to post your last character's full desc for group scrutiny?
May 31, 2009, 11:27:51 AM #7
I remember seeing an aquiline haired man. What could that mean?

I always figured his hair looked like the neck of an eagle.

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/bald-eagle-head.jpg
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May 31, 2009, 11:45:28 AM #8
Quote from: Delstro on May 31, 2009, 11:27:51 AM
I remember seeing an aquiline haired man. What could that mean?

I always figured his hair looked like the neck of an eagle.

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/bald-eagle-head.jpg

For some reason, when you said "neck of an eagle" - I didn't picture your link, but rather, this:

http://blogs.nailsmag.com/images/blogs_nailsmag_com/Healthy/turkey%20neck.jpg
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May 31, 2009, 01:21:48 PM #9
Aquiline doesn't have to be quite that extreme, but that's certainly an example of it. The term "aquiline" can really refer to anything eagle-like, as your definition says, so I suppose it can refer to things other than noses, though I'll certainly admit I've seen it around quite a bit lately.
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May 31, 2009, 09:37:35 PM #10
Today's Word: Bemused

>bemused
One entry found.

Main Entry: be·muse 
Pronunciation: \bi-ˈmyüz, bē-\
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1735
1 : to make confused : puzzle, bewilder
2 : to occupy the attention of : distract, absorb
3 : to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement <seems truly bemuseed that people beyond his circle in Seattle would be interested in his ruminations — Ruth B. Smith>
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May 31, 2009, 09:51:12 PM #11
I do remember seeing an aquiline-eyed man, and always assumed he had "eagle eyes".

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May 31, 2009, 11:37:49 PM #12
Quote from: Reiloth on May 31, 2009, 09:37:35 PM
Today's Word: Bemused



Ah, good one.  I think I've misused this one before. 
June 03, 2009, 08:14:39 AM #13
Quote from: ibusoe on May 31, 2009, 11:37:49 PM
Quote from: Reiloth on May 31, 2009, 09:37:35 PM
Today's Word: Bemused



Ah, good one.  I think I've misused this one before. 

As have I. It makes me rather sad, given that I have a damned degree in this language, how often I unintentionally abuse it.
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June 04, 2009, 04:59:29 PM #14
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June 04, 2009, 05:30:46 PM #15
-Awesome- I've been using bemused for years only having inferred the word through context. Turns out I was right. Go me!
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June 04, 2009, 07:08:17 PM #16
How do you misuse bemused?
June 04, 2009, 07:08:56 PM #17
Quote from: path on June 04, 2009, 07:08:17 PM
How do you misuse bemused?
When you think it means amused.
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June 04, 2009, 07:10:44 PM #18
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Quote from: path on June 04, 2009, 07:08:17 PM
How do you misuse bemused?
When you think it means amused.
:'(

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June 04, 2009, 07:11:19 PM #19
Whenever I use bemused I automatically hope they don't think I meant 'amused'.

Then I hope they realize I used it correctly.

Usually I just decide not to use it.
June 04, 2009, 07:14:41 PM #20
Quote from: a strange shadow on June 04, 2009, 07:11:19 PM
Whenever I use bemused I automatically hope they don't think I meant 'amused'.

Then I hope they realize I used it correctly.

Usually I just decide not to use it.

Me too.
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June 04, 2009, 07:16:13 PM #21
Quote from: Reiloth on May 31, 2009, 09:37:35 PM
3 : to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement <seems truly bemuseed that people beyond his circle in Seattle would be interested in his ruminations — Ruth B. Smith>

I guess I usually mean confusion, but it seems loosely like it could be used to signal amusement of some sort?
June 04, 2009, 07:16:54 PM #22 Last Edit: June 04, 2009, 07:19:04 PM by path
That third part of the definition seems tinged with condescension.

edited when I realized how whiskey modifies my communication skill.
June 04, 2009, 07:21:07 PM #23
Quote from: path on June 04, 2009, 07:16:13 PM
Quote from: Reiloth on May 31, 2009, 09:37:35 PM
3 : to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement <seems truly bemuseed that people beyond his circle in Seattle would be interested in his ruminations — Ruth B. Smith>

I guess I usually mean confusion, but it seems loosely like it could be used to signal amusement of some sort?

Amusement only in the face of something unexpected, i.e. as a result of being confused.
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June 04, 2009, 08:19:47 PM #24
If you want to use 'bemused' to mean 'amused,' just understand that 'confused' must also apply for 'bemused' to apply.
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