† snitn.¹

Forms: In Middle English snytte.

Etymology: Related to snite v.

Obsolete. rare.

The glowing part of the wick of a candle when blown out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wick > snuff

gnastc1175

snuff1382

snitc1420

snotc1420

snitingc1440

candle-sniting1483

candle-snuff1552

snuffing?1575

snaste1592

snuft1657

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 1277 Þis mayde..blewe ouȝt þe leyȝt anone sodanly—Bot þe weke hulte stylle þe snytte.

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

snitn.²

Etymology: Of uncertain origin (see quot. 1939²).

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

A state of agitation; a fit of rage or bad temper; a tantrum, sulk. Frequently in in a snit.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]

fever1340

motiona1398

quotidian?a1439

rufflea1535

commotion1581

fret1582

hurry1600

puddering1603

tumultuousnessa1617

trepidation1625

feverishness1638

boilingc1660

fermentationc1660

tumult1663

ferment1672

stickle1681

fuss1705

whirl1707

flurry1710

sweat1715

fluster1728

pucker1740

flutter1741

flustration1747

flutteration1753

tremor1753

swithera1768

twitteration1775

state1781

stew1806

scrow1808

tumultuating1815

flurrification1822

tew1825

purr1842

pirr1856

tête montée1859

go1866

faff1874

poultry flutter1876

palaver1878

thirl1879

razzle-dazzle1885

nervism1887

flurry-scurry1888

fikiness1889

foment1889

dither1891

swivet1892

flusterment1895

tither1896

overwroughtness1923

mania1925

stumer1932

tizzy1935

two and eight1938

snit1939

tizz1953

tiswas1960

wahala1966

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of

gloominga1400

terret1515

momurdotesc1540

the sullens1580

pirr1581

pet1590

snuff1592

mulligrubs1599

mumps1599

geea1605

mood1609

miff1623

tetch1623

frumps1671

strunt1721

hump1727

tiff1727

tift1751

huff1757

tig1773

tout1787

sulk1792

twita1825

fantigue1825

fuff1834

grumps1844

spell1856

the grumbles1861

grouch1895

snit1939

mardy1968

moody1969

strop1970

sull1972

cream puff1985

mard1998

1939 C. Boothe Kiss Boys Good-bye ii. i. 105 ‘I declare, Mrs. Rand, I cried myself into a snit.’ ‘A snit?’ ‘I do deplore it, but when I'm in a snit I'm prone to bull the object of my wrath plumb in the tummy.’

1939 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 23 Dec. 12/1 The membership could hardly be said to be in a snit,..as nobody in Georgia seems ever to have heard of either the word or the state of being until Miss Clare Boothe isolated and defined it.

1962 J. Potts Evil Wish x. 136 If you hadn't been in such a snit when I came upstairs I'd have told you so.

1971 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 21 Jan. 4 a/3 If New York solves its problems through gambling, every state in the union is going to follow suit except Nevada, which will probably secede from the nation in a snit.

1975 J. Goulet Oh's Profit xxxvii. 208 The President of the United States had bawled him out and left Cambridge College in a fierce snit.

1980 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. D 16 I was recently..put in charge of six other copywriters, two of them men. The men are in a quiet snit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	snit
释义	† snitn.¹ Forms: In Middle English snytte. Etymology: Related to snite v. Obsolete. rare. The glowing part of the wick of a candle when blown out. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wick > snuff gnastc1175 snuff1382 snitc1420 snotc1420 snitingc1440 candle-sniting1483 candle-snuff1552 snuffing?1575 snaste1592 snuft1657 c1420 Chron. Vilod. 1277 Þis mayde..blewe ouȝt þe leyȝt anone sodanly—Bot þe weke hulte stylle þe snytte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). snitn.² Etymology: Of uncertain origin (see quot. 1939²). slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A state of agitation; a fit of rage or bad temper; a tantrum, sulk. Frequently in in a snit. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 terret1515 momurdotesc1540 the sullens1580 pirr1581 pet1590 snuff1592 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 geea1605 mood1609 miff1623 tetch1623 frumps1671 strunt1721 hump1727 tiff1727 tift1751 huff1757 tig1773 tout1787 sulk1792 twita1825 fantigue1825 fuff1834 grumps1844 spell1856 the grumbles1861 grouch1895 snit1939 mardy1968 moody1969 strop1970 sull1972 cream puff1985 mard1998 1939 C. Boothe Kiss Boys Good-bye ii. i. 105 ‘I declare, Mrs. Rand, I cried myself into a snit.’ ‘A snit?’ ‘I do deplore it, but when I'm in a snit I'm prone to bull the object of my wrath plumb in the tummy.’ 1939 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 23 Dec. 12/1 The membership could hardly be said to be in a snit,..as nobody in Georgia seems ever to have heard of either the word or the state of being until Miss Clare Boothe isolated and defined it. 1962 J. Potts Evil Wish x. 136 If you hadn't been in such a snit when I came upstairs I'd have told you so. 1971 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 21 Jan. 4 a/3 If New York solves its problems through gambling, every state in the union is going to follow suit except Nevada, which will probably secede from the nation in a snit. 1975 J. Goulet Oh's Profit xxxvii. 208 The President of the United States had bawled him out and left Cambridge College in a fierce snit. 1980 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. D 16 I was recently..put in charge of six other copywriters, two of them men. The men are in a quiet snit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.¹c1420n.²1939
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