brandy nose
- noun
:
nariz de brandy
- Years of heavy drinking had left him with a prominent brandy nose and reddened cheeks.
Examples
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Many people associate a brandy nose with heavy drinking.
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The old captain's brandy nose was a familiar sight in the local pub.
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She explained that a brandy nose can also be caused by underlying skin conditions, not just alcohol.
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He developed a noticeable brandy nose after years of drinking.
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Years of heavy drinking resulted in his distinctive brandy nose, which was red and swollen.
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Frequent visitors to the pub often noted the brandy nose of the longtime bartender.
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Her brandy nose was a clear sign of her excessive alcohol consumption over the years.
Synonyms
An enlarged red nose with visible blood vessels that often comes from heavy drinking
A red, swollen nose with small veins you can see after long heavy drinking
A nose that becomes large and red with visible veins from long heavy drinking
A red, swollen nose with small broken veins, often from heavy drinking
A red, swollen nose with small red veins, often linked to heavy drinking
A large red round nose with small red lines from blood vessels
A skin problem that makes the nose thick, red, and swollen with small red lines
A very large round nose with thick red skin and visible blood vessels
How Pronounced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally built from 'brandy' (an alcoholic drink) and 'nose' (the facial organ), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a nose altered by drinking brandy (redness/enlargement). This follows a common noun+noun compounding pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Brandy nose likely comes from the image of someone who drinks a lot of brandy and so has a red, swollen nose. So the term means 'a reddened, often swollen nose thought to be linked to heavy drinking'.