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snuffy

adj
/ˈsnʌfi/

Etymology

From snuff + -y.

  1. derived from snuffen — “to snuff, sniff, snuffle”
  2. suffixed as snuffy — “snuff + y”

Definitions

  1. Soiled with snuff.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of snuff.

  3. Sulky

    Sulky; angry; vexed.

    • I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow
    • The postchaise contained a snuffy old dowager of seventy, with a maid, her contemporary.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Drunk.

      • She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard.

    2. That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA