† snout-fairadj.

Etymology: < snout n.¹ Compare Middle Swedish snutofagher, Swedish snutfager.

Obsolete.

Having a fair countenance; fair-faced, comely, handsome. Frequently in 16th and early 17th cent., usually with some disparaging suggestion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons

faireOE

seemlya1225

featous1340

jolly?a1366

tretis?a1366

comelya1375

covenablea1375

well-beseenc1374

favourablea1398

farrandc1400

personable?1435

well-favoureda1438

covenantc1440

likelyc1450

trety?c1450

tret1488

decore?a1513

jimp?a1513

wally?a1513

smotter?1520

snout-fair1530

well-looking1613

comely-looking1648

personal1658

comely-looked1664

winsome1677

tidy1714

good-looking1715

well to be seen1809

1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Fij If he come in to an house & the wiff be snoutefayre he will rote him self there.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. i. 9 Who list excuse? when chaster dames can hyre, Some snout-fayre stripling to their Apple-squire.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 975 I knowe a snowt-faire, selfe-conceited asse.

a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) i True, She's snout faire; yet by her favour I Would scarce turn tables with her, though I say't.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	snout-fair
释义	† snout-fairadj. Etymology: < snout n.¹ Compare Middle Swedish snutofagher, Swedish snutfager. Obsolete. Having a fair countenance; fair-faced, comely, handsome. Frequently in 16th and early 17th cent., usually with some disparaging suggestion. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE seemlya1225 featous1340 jolly?a1366 tretis?a1366 comelya1375 covenablea1375 well-beseenc1374 favourablea1398 farrandc1400 personable?1435 well-favoureda1438 covenantc1440 likelyc1450 trety?c1450 tret1488 decore?a1513 jimp?a1513 wally?a1513 smotter?1520 snout-fair1530 well-looking1613 comely-looking1648 personal1658 comely-looked1664 winsome1677 tidy1714 good-looking1715 well to be seen1809 1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Fij If he come in to an house & the wiff be snoutefayre he will rote him self there. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. i. 9 Who list excuse? when chaster dames can hyre, Some snout-fayre stripling to their Apple-squire. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 975 I knowe a snowt-faire, selfe-conceited asse. a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) i True, She's snout faire; yet by her favour I Would scarce turn tables with her, though I say't. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1530
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