请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 snootiness
释义

snootinessn.

Etymology: < snooty adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnootiness.
The character or quality of being snooty; conceitedness, superciliousness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun]
pensifulnessc1450
affectation1548
affection1570
affectedness1622
lady aira1637
fastuousness1649
gentility1650
fastuosity1656
vapouring1656
flatulency1662
hoity-toity1668
pretendingness1701
with an air1701
pretension1706
flatulence1711
uppishness1716
high and mightiness1771
pensieness1825
fine-gentlemanism1831
pretentiousness1838
ambitiousness1845
stuckupishness1853
pretensiveness1859
notion1866
side1870
dog1871
hoity-toityism1881
superiority complex1921
snootiness1932
uppitiness1935
snottiness1973
snoot1984
swag2002
1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan iii. 124 She said it served Helen right that she had gotten a crush on a guy like Weary, because Weary would take some of the snootiness out of her.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 2 May 22 They in turn mistook our English reserve for ‘snootiness’.
1956 S. Hope Diggers' Paradise 155 One or two tourists I met were annoyed about what they described as this ‘snootiness’.
1977 Sunday Times 15 May 40/1 All these books steer with tact between the contrasting risks of sycophancy and snootiness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1932
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 2:55:12