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▪ I. † ˈsnifty, n. Sc. Obs.—1
[f. snift v. Cf. sniff n. 4.]
An insignificant person.
1660Baillie Lett. (1842) III. 412 To..be accounted poor feckless snifties, who has no witt nor action to end what he has so magnificentlie begun.
▪ II. snifty, a. U.S. slang.|ˈsnɪftɪ|
[f. snift v.]
1. Having a pleasant or agreeable smell.
1891in Cent. Dict.
2. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Haughty, disdainful.
1889K. Munroe Golden Days xvii. 188 If you notice me getting anyways snifty..you just bump me down hard. 1902G. H. Lorimer Lett. Self-made Merchant xviii. 268 Clytie said..that spirits were mighty snifty and high-toned. 1909H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay i. i. 40 ‘Snifty beast!’..That governess made things impossible. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §301/6 Arrogant,..snifty. |