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niffy, a. slang.|ˈnɪfɪ|
[f. niff n.2 + -y1.]
Having a disagreeable or strong smell. Also as n. Hence ˈniffiness.
1903Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 267/2 Niffy, adj. odorous. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 209 Niffy, a, a strong nasty smell. 1934‘Baron Corvo’ Desire & Pursuit of Whole ix. 81 The niffy silted-up little Rio della Croxe. 1934Wodehouse Right Ho, Jeeves x. 113 The garden was full of the aroma of those niffy white flowers. 1946― Money in Bank iv. 31 Well anyway, Stinker, putting aside for the moment the question of your niffiness, wasn't it notorious that you couldn't tell the truth without straining a ligament? |