snuffinessn.
The state of being snuffy. Jamieson Suppl. (1825) gives ‘Snuffiness, sulkiness’.
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poseOE
rheuma1398
cold?a1425
snekec1440
refraidourc1450
murr1451
gravedity1547
coldment1578
snorea1585
catarrh1588
coqueluche1611
gravediny1620
coryza1634
snurl1674
catch-cold1706
gravedo1706
common cold1713
coolth?1748
snuffles1770
snifters1808
influenza cold1811
snaffles1822
the sniffles1825
snuffiness1834
crying cold1843
flu1899
1834 T. Carlyle Let. 15 Aug. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VII. 269 A tendency to pot-belly, and snuffiness.
1885 Evening Standard 14 Nov. (Cassell) There is a snuffiness, a stuffiness, a general seediness about the former.
1891 Daily News 20 June 5/5 Pocket-handkerchiefs only came in with snuff, and were of coloured foulard to hide snuffiness.
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