Home › Words › N › nostrilfulnostrilfulnostrilful means the amount of a substance that can fit in a nostril.EtymologyFrom nostril + -ful.nounThe amount of a substance that can fit in a nostril.e.g.“Some of his contemporaries from other waters are greeted with nostrilsful of foul water, reeking of detergent and factory waste.” — 1969 February 15, “Angling: Cliff Parker says: It’s a wise salmon that knows its own father”, in The Birmingham Post, number 34,408, page III:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).