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Definition of Tip-tilted
1. Adjective. (used of noses) turned up at the end. "A small upturned nose"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tip-tilted
Literary usage of Tip-tilted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Correction of Featural Imperfections by Charles Conrad Miller (1907)
"THE TIP TILTED NOSE. The tip tilted nose sometimes mars the appearance greatly.
This is particularly true where the tip and alae are thick and blunt. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Tippled like a fish. — CAMPBELL. tip-tilted. tip-tilted, like a thirsty ...
Her slender nose tip-tilted like the petal of a flower. — TENNYSON. Tip-toe. ..."
3. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin, Robert Campbell (1880)
"But when a feature of the human lace is described as ' tip-tilted lil<e the.
petal of a flower,'we are conscious that the expression is based on a remote ..."
4. Tennyson: His Homes, His Friends, and His Work by Elisabeth Luther Cary (1898)
"Another is 'brain-dizzied,' in 'The May Queen '; the Idylls contain a number of
these vicious combinations, as 'bridge-broken,' 'tip-tilted,' 'knee- broken ..."
5. The Real Shelley: New Views of the Poet's Life by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1885)
"That Shelley had a small and distinctly tip-tilted nose, instead of the straight
and rather large (though delicately moulded) nose of the lying pictures, ..."
6. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"... had " her slender nose tip-tilted like the petals of a flower." — Tennyson,
Gareth and Lynette (1858). Tiptoe, footman to Random and Scruple. ..."
7. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"In the centre of one procession is a colossal bearded figure, wearing a tall,
pointed head-dress, tip-tilted shoes, and short tunic, garments peculiar to ..."
8. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"In the centre of one procession is a colossal bearded figure, wearing a tall,
pointed head-dress, tip-tilted shoes, and short tunic, garments peculiar to ..."
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