See nuf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "fy",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
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}
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"2": "nüff",
"t": "snout, nose"
},
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{
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"2": "nüf"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian nüf",
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],
"etymology_text": "Possibly a slang word related to neus, Low German nüff (“snout, nose”), or West Frisian nüf, referring to someone who turns her nose up at something or walks with her nose in the air.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nuffen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nufje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
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}
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"3": "+"
},
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"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
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{
"parts": [
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}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
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"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"word": "nuffig"
},
{
"word": "nufje dundoek"
}
],
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{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"text": "1802, Miguel de Cervantes de Saavedra, De ridder Don Quichot van Mancha, vol. 2, tr. by Pieter van Woensel, publ. by J. C. Leeuwestyn, 47.\n„(...) Hoe durft gij, aschgat en nufje, zulke lastertaal uitſlaan, oordeelen over zulke loflijke boeken als die der ridderſchap! (...)”",
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"a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh"
],
"id": "en-nuf-nl-noun-mulED2T1",
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[
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"arrogant"
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[
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"(derogatory) a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh"
],
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"feminine"
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}
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},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ʏf"
}
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"word": "nuf"
}
{
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},
{
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],
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"forms": [
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nufje",
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],
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}
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{
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}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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"a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh"
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],
[
"arrogant",
"arrogant"
],
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"(derogatory) a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh"
],
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"derogatory",
"feminine"
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}
],
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"ipa": "/nʏf/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ʏf"
}
],
"word": "nuf"
}
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