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snug

adj
/snʌɡ/

Etymology

From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”). Compare also English snudge (“to nestle, remain snug and quiet”).

  1. derived from *snawwuz✻ — “short, quick, fast”
  2. derived from snøggr

Definitions

  1. Warm and comfortable

    Warm and comfortable; cosy.

    • I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.
    • I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.

  2. Satisfactory.

    • I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.

  3. Close-fitting.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Close

      Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.

      • Be ſure at Will’s the following Day, / Lie ſnug, and hear what Criticks ſay.

    2. A small, comfortable back room in a pub.

    3. A lug.

    4. To make secure or snug.

      • He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.

    5. To snuggle or nestle.

    6. To make smooth.

    7. A suburb of the Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, Hobart,…

      A suburb of the Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

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Derived

snug as a bug, snug as a bug in a rug, snuggery, snuggie, snuggish, snugify, snugly, snugness, ultrasnug, snug down

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at snug. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at snug. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at snug

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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