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snorty, a. and adv.|ˈsnɔːrtɪ|
[f. snort v.]
A. adj.
1. Accompanied or characterized by snorting or snoring; given to snorting.
1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 91 His nodil..droups to the growndward,..vometing with dead sleape snortye the collops. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 494 What a snout he [the drunkard] turns up to the morning air, inflamed, pimpled, snubby, and snorty.
2. colloq. or slang. Ill-tempered, captious, disagreeable.
1893‘Kate Wiggin’ Cathedral Courtship 122 She found Mrs. Gooch very snorty, very snorty indeed.
B. adv. In a snorting manner.
1892‘Q.’ (Quiller Couch) I saw Three Ships i, At the word ‘whales’, let the music go snorty. |