toper's nose

Questions about toper's nose

What does toper's nose mean?

toper's nose means "enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol".

What is another word for toper's nose?

Close synonyms include rhinophyma, hypertrophic rosacea, brandy nose, rum nose, rum-blossom. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is toper's nose a common word?

toper's nose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.