"snooty" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsnuː.ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snooty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snootier [comparative], snootiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːti Etymology: From snoot + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|snoot|-y}} snoot + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} snooty (comparative snootier, superlative snootiest)
  1. (informal) Pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose. Tags: informal Translations (pompous): снобски (snobski) (Bulgarian), високомерен (visokomeren) (Bulgarian), hochnäsig (German), ακατάδεκτος (akatádektos) (Greek), tū te ihu (Maori), presunçoso (Portuguese), esnobe (Portuguese), презри́тельный (prezrítelʹnyj) (Russian), высокоме́рный (vysokomérnyj) (Russian), presuntuoso (Spanish), estirado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-snooty-en-adj-z2z4s~xY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'pompous': 99 1
  2. (informal) Elite; exclusive. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-snooty-en-adj-hyT6DSmb Disambiguation of Personality: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snoot, snootily, snootiness

Inflected forms

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