See snite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "snyte"
},
"expansion": "Middle English snyte",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "snite"
},
"expansion": "Old English snite",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English snyte, from Old English snite.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "snites",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "snite (plural snites)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scottish English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1630, Thomas Randolph, The Muse's Looking-Glass:",
"text": "Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites , and pheasants,\nThe best that can be got for love or money",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A snipe."
],
"id": "en-snite-en-noun-i6lFuF7l",
"links": [
[
"snipe",
"snipe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete or Scotland) A snipe."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "snite"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "snyten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English snyten",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "snȳtan",
"t": "to clear or blow the nose"
},
"expansion": "Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*snūtijaną",
"t": "to blow the nose"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "snýta",
"t": "to blow the nose"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "snyde"
},
"expansion": "Danish snyde",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "snyta",
"3": "snyta sig"
},
"expansion": "Swedish snyta sig",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schneuzen",
"3": "sich schneuzen"
},
"expansion": "German sich schneuzen",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English snyten, from Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”). Cognate with Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”), whence Danish snyde and Swedish snyta sig, and with German sich schneuzen. Related to snout and snot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "snites",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sniting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "snited",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "snited",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "snet",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "snite (third-person singular simple present snites, present participle sniting, simple past and past participle snited)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scottish English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to blow (one's nose)"
],
"id": "en-snite-en-verb--lqmzCyM",
"links": [
[
"blow",
"blow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to blow (one's nose)"
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scottish English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 31 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to snuff (a candle)"
],
"id": "en-snite-en-verb-SnQJwxE1",
"links": [
[
"snuff",
"snuff"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to snuff (a candle)"
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "snite"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "snyte"
},
"expansion": "Middle English snyte",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "snite"
},
"expansion": "Old English snite",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English snyte, from Old English snite.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "snites",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "snite (plural snites)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Scottish English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1630, Thomas Randolph, The Muse's Looking-Glass:",
"text": "Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites , and pheasants,\nThe best that can be got for love or money",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A snipe."
],
"links": [
[
"snipe",
"snipe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete or Scotland) A snipe."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "snite"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "snyten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English snyten",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "snȳtan",
"t": "to clear or blow the nose"
},
"expansion": "Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*snūtijaną",
"t": "to blow the nose"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "snýta",
"t": "to blow the nose"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "snyde"
},
"expansion": "Danish snyde",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "snyta",
"3": "snyta sig"
},
"expansion": "Swedish snyta sig",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schneuzen",
"3": "sich schneuzen"
},
"expansion": "German sich schneuzen",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English snyten, from Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”). Cognate with Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”), whence Danish snyde and Swedish snyta sig, and with German sich schneuzen. Related to snout and snot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "snites",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sniting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "snited",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "snited",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "snet",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "snite (third-person singular simple present snites, present participle sniting, simple past and past participle snited)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs",
"Scottish English"
],
"glosses": [
"to blow (one's nose)"
],
"links": [
[
"blow",
"blow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to blow (one's nose)"
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs",
"Scottish English"
],
"glosses": [
"to snuff (a candle)"
],
"links": [
[
"snuff",
"snuff"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to snuff (a candle)"
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "snite"
}
Download raw JSONL data for snite meaning in English (4.2kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (f2d86ce and 633533e). 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.