I.that has a large nose, large-nosed (perh. not anteAug.).
II. Trop., sagacious, witty, satirical, censorious: “nasutus nimium cupis videri: nasutum volo, nolo polyposum,” Mart. 12, 37, 1; id. 13, 2, 1: “nil nasutius est,” id. 2, 54, 5: “homo nasutissimus,” Sen. Suas. 7 med.—Hence, adv.: nāsūtē , satirically, scornfully, wittily, sarcastically: “tu qui nasute scripta destringis mea,” Phaedr. 4, 7, 1: “nasute negare,” Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 5 (dub.; al. vafre).