See snobbery on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"snob",
"snob#English"
],
[
"*-yós",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós#Proto-Indo-European:_suffix"
],
[
"*-āzios",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āzios#Proto-Italic:_adjective"
],
[
"-ārius",
"-arius#Latin:_adjective"
],
[
"-ārius",
"-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
],
[
"-ier",
"-ier#Old_French:_nouns"
],
[
"*-(i)yós",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós"
],
[
"*-ios",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ios#Proto-Italic:_adjective_suffix"
],
[
"-ios",
"-ios#Latin:_suffix_forming_adjectives"
],
[
"-ius",
"-ius#Latin:_suffix_forming_adjectives"
],
[
"-ia",
"-ia#Latin:_abstract_noun"
],
[
"-ie",
"-ie#Old_French:_abstract_nouns"
],
[
"-erie",
"-erie#Old_French:_suf"
],
[
"-erie",
"-erie#Middle_English"
],
[
"-ery",
"-ery#English:_forming_nouns"
],
[
"snob",
"snob#English"
],
[
"-ery",
"-ery#English:_forming_nouns"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "snob",
"4": "-ery<id:forming nouns><pos:noun-forming suffix>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish snob\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -ārius\nOld French -ier\nProto-Indo-European *-(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-ijos\nProto-Italic *-ios\nOld Latin -ios\nLatin -ius\nLatin -ia\nOld French -ie\nOld French -eriebor.\nMiddle English -erie\nEnglish -ery\nEnglish snobbery\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suf\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"nouns\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"nom.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Nominalization of\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-yós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-āzios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ārius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"nominalization\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ārius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-ier\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" }, { \"id\" : \"abstract nouns\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"abstract noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix forming adjectives\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix forming adjectives\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-ijos\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"ine-pro\", \"id\" : \"suffix\", \"pos\" : \"suffix\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-yós\", \"alt\" : \"*-(i)yós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-ola\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ia\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-ie\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-erie\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-erie\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ery\", \"lang\" : \"en\", \"pos\" : \"noun-forming suffix\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"snobbery\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"snobbery\">\nFrom snob + -ery (noun-forming suffix).",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish snob\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -ārius\nOld French -ier\nProto-Indo-European *-(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-ijos\nProto-Italic *-ios\nOld Latin -ios\nLatin -ius\nLatin -ia\nOld French -ie\nOld French -eriebor.\nMiddle English -erie\nEnglish -ery\nEnglish snobbery\nFrom snob + -ery (noun-forming suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "snobberies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "snobbery (countable and uncountable, plural snobberies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Albanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "antisnobbery"
},
{
"word": "inverted snobbery"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The property or trait of being a snob."
],
"id": "en-snobbery-en-noun-VTEst4M8",
"links": [
[
"snob",
"snob"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "snobbism"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snobizëm"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "snobizăm",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "снобизъм"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "shìli",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "勢利 /势利"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "snobisme"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "snobismi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "snobbailu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snobisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Snobismus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "akatadexiá",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ακαταδεξιά"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "sznobság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "sznobizmus"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ardnós"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snobizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "arrogância"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "esnobismo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "snobízm",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сноби́зм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijotada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esnobismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "señoritismo"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "gurur",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "غرور"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "kibr, kibir",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "كبر"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "tavr, tavır",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "طور"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsnɔbəɹɪj/",
"tags": [
"British",
"Southern",
"Standard"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
}
],
"word": "snobbery"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"snob",
"snob#English"
],
[
"-ery",
"-ery#English:_adjectival"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "snob",
"4": "-ery<id:adjectival><pos:adjectival suffix>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From snob + -ery (adjectival suffix).",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From snob + -ery (adjectival suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more snobbery",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most snobbery",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "snobbery (comparative more snobbery, superlative most snobbery)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "66 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "81 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "78 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "80 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "58 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ery",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "77 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "71 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "89 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
31,
39
]
],
"ref": "1999 March 30, Nick Howarth, “Volksworld^([sic]) stinks”, in uk.rec.cars.vw.aircooled (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Sep 2025:",
"text": "The only thing Volksworld acts snobbery about is the amount of dangerously built shit they have had to put with over the years.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
250,
258
]
],
"ref": "2001 July 26, Nicky, “OFF: Steve Barton”, in alt.fan.lea-salonga (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Sep 2025:",
"text": "When I was at college, studying music, ALW [Andrew Lloyd Webber] music was frowned upon. In fact all show-type music was seen as non-classical, and non-innovative! Looks were given by staff, if someone were heard jamming ALW tunes. […] It is just so snobbery!! I think attitudes have changed slightly since I was there.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
38,
46
]
],
"ref": "2016, C. D. Moulton, chapter 10, in A Strange Place (Flight of the Maita; 14), [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 139:",
"text": "He seemed all right to me. Didn't act snobbery like so many Kappins.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of snobby."
],
"id": "en-snobbery-en-adj-dgMuQ8yo",
"links": [
[
"snobby",
"snobby#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, rare) Synonym of snobby."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "snobby"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsnɔbəɹɪj/",
"tags": [
"British",
"Southern",
"Standard"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
}
],
"word": "snobbery"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
"English entries referencing missing etymons",
"English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymology trees",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -ery",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Terms with Albanian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "antisnobbery"
},
{
"word": "inverted snobbery"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"snob",
"snob#English"
],
[
"*-yós",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós#Proto-Indo-European:_suffix"
],
[
"*-āzios",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āzios#Proto-Italic:_adjective"
],
[
"-ārius",
"-arius#Latin:_adjective"
],
[
"-ārius",
"-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
],
[
"-ier",
"-ier#Old_French:_nouns"
],
[
"*-(i)yós",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós"
],
[
"*-ios",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ios#Proto-Italic:_adjective_suffix"
],
[
"-ios",
"-ios#Latin:_suffix_forming_adjectives"
],
[
"-ius",
"-ius#Latin:_suffix_forming_adjectives"
],
[
"-ia",
"-ia#Latin:_abstract_noun"
],
[
"-ie",
"-ie#Old_French:_abstract_nouns"
],
[
"-erie",
"-erie#Old_French:_suf"
],
[
"-erie",
"-erie#Middle_English"
],
[
"-ery",
"-ery#English:_forming_nouns"
],
[
"snob",
"snob#English"
],
[
"-ery",
"-ery#English:_forming_nouns"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "snob",
"4": "-ery<id:forming nouns><pos:noun-forming suffix>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish snob\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -ārius\nOld French -ier\nProto-Indo-European *-(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-ijos\nProto-Italic *-ios\nOld Latin -ios\nLatin -ius\nLatin -ia\nOld French -ie\nOld French -eriebor.\nMiddle English -erie\nEnglish -ery\nEnglish snobbery\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suf\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"nouns\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"nom.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Nominalization of\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-yós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-āzios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ārius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"nominalization\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ārius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-ier\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" }, { \"id\" : \"abstract nouns\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"abstract noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix forming adjectives\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix forming adjectives\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-ijos\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"ine-pro\", \"id\" : \"suffix\", \"pos\" : \"suffix\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-yós\", \"alt\" : \"*-(i)yós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-ola\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ia\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-ie\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-erie\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-erie\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ery\", \"lang\" : \"en\", \"pos\" : \"noun-forming suffix\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"snobbery\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"snobbery\">\nFrom snob + -ery (noun-forming suffix).",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish snob\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -ārius\nOld French -ier\nProto-Indo-European *-(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-ijos\nProto-Italic *-ios\nOld Latin -ios\nLatin -ius\nLatin -ia\nOld French -ie\nOld French -eriebor.\nMiddle English -erie\nEnglish -ery\nEnglish snobbery\nFrom snob + -ery (noun-forming suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "snobberies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "snobbery (countable and uncountable, plural snobberies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The property or trait of being a snob."
],
"links": [
[
"snob",
"snob"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsnɔbəɹɪj/",
"tags": [
"British",
"Southern",
"Standard"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "snobbism"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snobizëm"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "snobizăm",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "снобизъм"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "shìli",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "勢利 /势利"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "snobisme"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "snobismi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "snobbailu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snobisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Snobismus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "akatadexiá",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ακαταδεξιά"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "sznobság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "sznobizmus"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ardnós"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snobizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "arrogância"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "esnobismo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "snobízm",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сноби́зм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijotada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esnobismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "señoritismo"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "gurur",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "غرور"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "kibr, kibir",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "كبر"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "tavr, tavır",
"sense": "the property or trait of being a snob",
"word": "طور"
}
],
"word": "snobbery"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
"English entries referencing missing etymons",
"English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms suffixed with -ery",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"snob",
"snob#English"
],
[
"-ery",
"-ery#English:_adjectival"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "snob",
"4": "-ery<id:adjectival><pos:adjectival suffix>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From snob + -ery (adjectival suffix).",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From snob + -ery (adjectival suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more snobbery",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most snobbery",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "snobbery (comparative more snobbery, superlative most snobbery)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
31,
39
]
],
"ref": "1999 March 30, Nick Howarth, “Volksworld^([sic]) stinks”, in uk.rec.cars.vw.aircooled (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Sep 2025:",
"text": "The only thing Volksworld acts snobbery about is the amount of dangerously built shit they have had to put with over the years.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
250,
258
]
],
"ref": "2001 July 26, Nicky, “OFF: Steve Barton”, in alt.fan.lea-salonga (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Sep 2025:",
"text": "When I was at college, studying music, ALW [Andrew Lloyd Webber] music was frowned upon. In fact all show-type music was seen as non-classical, and non-innovative! Looks were given by staff, if someone were heard jamming ALW tunes. […] It is just so snobbery!! I think attitudes have changed slightly since I was there.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
38,
46
]
],
"ref": "2016, C. D. Moulton, chapter 10, in A Strange Place (Flight of the Maita; 14), [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 139:",
"text": "He seemed all right to me. Didn't act snobbery like so many Kappins.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of snobby."
],
"links": [
[
"snobby",
"snobby#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, rare) Synonym of snobby."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "snobby"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsnɔbəɹɪj/",
"tags": [
"British",
"Southern",
"Standard"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snobbery.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
}
],
"word": "snobbery"
}
Download raw JSONL data for snobbery meaning in All languages combined (13.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.