"snuffy" meaning in English

See snuffy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsnʌfi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snuffy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snuffier [comparative], snuffiest [superlative]
Etymology: snuff + -y Etymology templates: {{suf|en|snuff|y}} snuff + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|snuffier}} snuffy (comparative snuffier, superlative snuffiest)
  1. Soiled with snuff.
    Sense id: en-snuffy-en-adj-iFhHooNB
  2. Resembling or characteristic of snuff.
    Sense id: en-snuffy-en-adj-lZk9f4F1
  3. (obsolete, Scotland) Sulky; angry; vexed. Tags: Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-snuffy-en-adj-0-6PIh4J Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 13 73 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 14 12 74 0
  4. (slang) Drunk. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-snuffy-en-adj-z6fuMRDZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: snuffily, snuffiness

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for snuffy meaning in English (2.6kB)

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