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snoozle

verb

Etymology

Perhaps blend of snooze + nuzzle.

  1. inherited from *néh₂s✻ — “nose”
  2. inherited from nosu
  3. inherited from noselen — “to bend down”
  4. compounded as snoozle — “snooze + nuzzle”

Definitions

  1. To nuzzle affectionately.

    • She […] seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to […] push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face.

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