词汇 | roman nose |
词源 | Roman nose. A high-bridged nose, often thought of as regal because of its presence on surviving busts of Roman emperors. The old vaudville joke “He has a Roman nose—it’s roamin’ all over his face” has two eponymous words in it, for roamin’ also derives from Roman. |
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