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单词 snifty
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sniftyn.

Etymology: < snift v. Compare sniff n. 4.
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.

/ˈsnɪfti/
Etymology: < snift v.
U.S. slang.
1. Having a pleasant or agreeable smell.
ΚΠ
1891 in Cent. Dict.
2. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Haughty, disdainful.
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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. 40Snifty 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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