nasee

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• nosy — (adj.) also nosey, 1610s, having a prominent nose, from NOSE (Cf. nose) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Earlier in this sense was nasee (mid 14c.), from Anglo French, from O.Fr. nasé, ultimately from L. nasus nose. Sense of inquisitive first recorded 1882 …   Etymology dictionary