Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In bryology, curved like a swan's neck.

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  • With his demure gestures, precise inflections and cygneous (swanlake) arabesques, he was delectable enough to kiss.

    natinski Diary Entry natinski 2002

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  • ...he raised to his unbending lips and kissed her cygneous hand...

    - Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor

    June 5, 2008