单词 | snifty |
释义 | † sniftyn. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. An insignificant person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of little importance nekardc1450 man of clouts, king of clouts1467 dandiprat1556 Tom Thumb1579 minim1590 pygmy?1592 titmouse1596 gnatling1614 rye straw1615 nazzard1619 whisk1629 whifling1640 snifty1660 whippersnapper1674 nick-ninny1699 little me1711 squita1825 lightweight1831 lay figure1835 whiffet1839 pinkeen1850 huckleberry1868 bush leaguer1906 knibloch1915 1660 R. Baillie Let. 12 Oct. (1842) III. 412 To..be accounted poor feckless snifties, who has no witt nor action to end what he has so magnificentlie begun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). sniftyadj. U.S. slang. 1. Having a pleasant or agreeable smell. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. 2. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Haughty, disdainful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adjective] overmoodeOE highlyOE overmoodOE overmoodyOE orgelc1175 dangerous?c1225 orgula1275 orgulousc1275 fiercec1290 hautain1297 highfulc1325 squeamousc1325 deignousc1330 digne1340 disdainousc1374 sirlya1375 lordlyc1390 high-hearteda1398 haught1430 haut1430 coppedc1449 excellentc1450 fastidious?a1475 loftyc1485 dain?1507 hichty1513 stiff-necked1526 supercilious1528 haughty1530 taunt?a1534 disdainfula1542 high in the instep1555 skeighc1560 queen-like?1571 surlyc1572 stately1579 coy1581 paughtya1586 steya1586 disdained1598 dortya1605 lordlike1605 overly1606 magnatical1608 stiff1608 surly-borne1609 high-sighted1610 lofty-minded1611 sublimed1611 patronizing1619 lording1629 sublimated1634 cavaliering1642 uncondescending1660 nose-in-the-air1673 sidy1673 fastuose1674 uncondescensive1681 condescending1707 stiff-rumped1728 fastidiose1730 cavalier1751 ogertful1754 pawky1809 supercilian1825 splendid1833 touch-me-not1852 pincé1858 high-stepping1867 eyeglassy1871 sniffy1871 cavalierly1876 snifty1889 Olympian1900 ritzy1920 mugwumpish1923 blasé1930 stiff-arsed1937 nose-high1939 1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 xvii. 188 If you notice me getting anyways snifty..you just bump me down hard. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant xviii. 268 Clytie said..that spirits were mighty snifty and high-toned. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. i. 40 ‘Snifty beast!’..That governess made things impossible. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §301/6 Arrogant,..snifty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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