snooperyn.

Etymology: < snoop v. + -ery suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnoopery.

Originally U.S.

The activity of snooping or prying; surreptitious investigation, spec. into another's private affairs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying

curiosity?1577

inquisitiveness1583

Paul Pryism1826

curiousness1866

nosiness1906

nosy parkering1930

snoopery1935

snoopiness1969

1935 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Feb. 2/6 C. Jasper Bell (Dem., Mo.) turned the Capitol Hill fight against ‘innovations into snoopery’ upon another law, the NIRA. Thus, the number of enactments now known to contain provisions making public the private financial affairs of citizens was brought to five.

1964 Spectator 13 Mar. 337/1 In time private enterprise snoopery could become a growth industry and major job-supplier for our unemployed.

1972 G. Lyall Blame the Dead xiv. 104 ‘He sounds shifty as hell.’.. That..might help justify David's snoopery.

1981 A. Paton Towards Mountain xxii. 187 The rules were simple—no sharing of blankets, the doors to stand open, no boy to sleep in any other dormitory except the one to which he had been assigned. These rules could be evaded, but their evasion was preferable to a reign of snoopery and an encouragement of informers.

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

单词	snoopery
释义	snooperyn. Etymology: < snoop v. + -ery suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnoopery. Originally U.S. The activity of snooping or prying; surreptitious investigation, spec. into another's private affairs. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying curiosity?1577 inquisitiveness1583 Paul Pryism1826 curiousness1866 nosiness1906 nosy parkering1930 snoopery1935 snoopiness1969 1935 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Feb. 2/6 C. Jasper Bell (Dem., Mo.) turned the Capitol Hill fight against ‘innovations into snoopery’ upon another law, the NIRA. Thus, the number of enactments now known to contain provisions making public the private financial affairs of citizens was brought to five. 1964 Spectator 13 Mar. 337/1 In time private enterprise snoopery could become a growth industry and major job-supplier for our unemployed. 1972 G. Lyall Blame the Dead xiv. 104 ‘He sounds shifty as hell.’.. That..might help justify David's snoopery. 1981 A. Paton Towards Mountain xxii. 187 The rules were simple—no sharing of blankets, the doors to stand open, no boy to sleep in any other dormitory except the one to which he had been assigned. These rules could be evaded, but their evasion was preferable to a reign of snoopery and an encouragement of informers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1935
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