snuffyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈsnʌfi/, U.S.

/ˈsnəfi/

Etymology: < snuff v.² or snuff n.¹ 4.

1. Annoyed, displeased; ready to take offence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective]

stomaching1579

pepper-nosed1580

ticklish1581

touchy1602

sensible1613

touchousa1618

tender1641

tickly1661

indigestive1670

snuffy1678

huffy1680

snuffish1689

sorea1694

mifty1699

resentive1710

sensitive1735

uppish1778

miffish1790

miffy1810

stomachy1825

porcupinish1829

insultable1841

offensible1846

highty-tighty1847

prickly1853

fuffy1858

piquable1860

offendable1864

raw1864

ear-sore1865

uffish1871

porcupiny1890

feisty1896

ticklish-tempered1897

toey1930

1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy iv. i She left me in the very middle on't so snuffy I'll warrant.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Captious, Touchy, Snuffy.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Snuffie, sulky, displeased; often Snuffie-like, Clydes[dale].

1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xiii. 99 Don't be snuffy, Molly, none of your mulligrubs.

2. Of cattle or horses: excitable, spirited, wild.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > spirited or skittish

skeyc1440

skittish?1510

skeigh1513

fiery?1561

gay1590

sprightful1598

frampold1600

mettleablec1600

mettle1606

fire-snort1608

mettleda1627

spiritly1630

spiritful1644

mettlesome1655

skeighish1827

flighty1828

slashing1862

fly-about1889

buckish1911

snuffy1955

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > excitable

snuffy1955

1955 R. P. Hobson Nothing too Good for Cowboy xviii. 186 Any ball~up or milling around business up in front of the mile-and-a-half line of snuffy range beef could easily cause the critters to split into the spruce.

1964 Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 131 I'll yard them snuffy cattle in a way that's safe to swear.

1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led vi. xix. 290 When he worked, he worked. Otherwise he played, mostly at breaking-in the snuffy ones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

snuffyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈsnʌfi/, U.S.

/ˈsnəfi/

Etymology: < snuff n.³Bailey (1727, vol. II) gives ‘Snuffy ,..dawbed with Snuff’, an earlier instance of either 2a or 2b.

1. Like, or resembling, snuff or powdered tobacco in colour or substance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > powdery or dusty

pulverous?a1425

powderyc1425

mealy1541

dusty1552

mully1570

pulverulentous1640

pulvereous1656

pulverulent1656

pulveral1657

powderal1662

farinaceous1664

smutty1667

snuffy1789

floury1830

pulverulous1841

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > other browns

wainscot1577

earth-coloured1722

honey-brown1774

snuff-coloured1787

snuffy1789

moorit1795

iron brown1798

umber1802

umbery1850

sienna-brown1853

oily-brown1861

seal-brown1881

tabac1881

glandaceous1885

cigar-brown1895

bead-brown1912

cocoa1942

toffee-brown1961

toffee1962

sludgy1975

1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 285 A brownish ferruginous soft soil, of a snuffy appearance.

1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage i They were mostly bright yellow, or of that peculiar shade of green known as ‘snuffy’.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 290 Head snuffy-brown, and no white patch in front of the eye.

1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 522/2 A black or snuffy dust.

a. Of persons: Given to taking snuff; bearing marks of the habit of snuff-taking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [adjective] > taking snuff

snuffy1796

1796 A. Wilson Watty & Meg 4 Nasty, gude-for-naething being! O ye snuffy drucken sow!

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vii. 87 A little odd-looking, snuffy old man, with a brown scratch wig.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Sketches & Trav. London in Wks. (1886) XXIV. 349 Dinners where you meet..a Knight, and a snuffy little old General.

1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. iii. xxiii. 230 Two well-known English antiquarians. Very learned, very jealous, and very snuffy.

b. Of things: Soiled with snuff. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > by other specific substances

clayeya1382

mealy1567

snuffy1765

iron-moulded1787

feathery1813

waxy1861

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xvii. 51 A plan..upon the lower corner of which..there is still remaining the marks of a snuffy finger and thumb.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story i A snuffy shirt~frill, and enormous breast-pin.

a1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) iii. xiii. 229 Brighton gay, gambling, dissipated..Dieppe dark, old, snuffy and picturesque.

a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) i. 53 His old snuffy black clothes..and his threadbare blue great-coat.

1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 563/2 [She] pulled out a snuffy pocket-handkerchief.

1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 67 Trees periwigged and snuffy.

3. ‘Tipsy, drunk’ ( Slang Dict. 1864).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk

merrya1382

semi-bousyc1460

pipe merry1542

totty1570

tipsy1577

martin-drunk1592

pleasant1596

mellow1611

tip-merry1612

flustered1615

lusticka1616

well to live1619

jolly1652

happy1662

hazy1673

top-heavy1687

hearty1695

half-seas-over1699

oiled1701

mellowish1703

half channelled over1709

drunkish1710

half-and-half1718

touched1722

uppisha1726

tosie1727

bosky1730

funny1751

fairish1756

cherry-merry1769

in suds1770

muddy1776

glorious1790

groggified1796

well-corned1800

fresh1804

to be mops and brooms1814

foggy1816

how-come-ye-so1816

screwy1820

off the nail1821

on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821

swipey1821

muggy1822

rosy1823

snuffy1823

spreeish1825

elevated1827

up a stump1829

half-cockedc1830

tightish1830

tipsified1830

half shaved1834

screwed1837

half-shot1838

squizzed1845

drinky1846

a sheet in the wind1862

tight1868

toppy1885

tiddly1905

oiled-up1918

bonkers1943

sloshed1946

tiddled1956

hickey-

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 162 Snuffy—drunk, with a nasal delivery. Snuffy—drunk in the feminine application, and applied but seldom to puling fellows.

1891 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) 30 Jan. 4/6 He considered, if a member got ‘snuffy’, he should go home, and not come there to annoy the meeting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	snuffy
释义	snuffyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈsnʌfi/, U.S. /ˈsnəfi/ Etymology: < snuff v.² or snuff n.¹ 4. 1. Annoyed, displeased; ready to take offence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective] stomaching1579 pepper-nosed1580 ticklish1581 touchy1602 sensible1613 touchousa1618 tender1641 tickly1661 indigestive1670 snuffy1678 huffy1680 snuffish1689 sorea1694 mifty1699 resentive1710 sensitive1735 uppish1778 miffish1790 miffy1810 stomachy1825 porcupinish1829 insultable1841 offensible1846 highty-tighty1847 prickly1853 fuffy1858 piquable1860 offendable1864 raw1864 ear-sore1865 uffish1871 porcupiny1890 feisty1896 ticklish-tempered1897 toey1930 1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy iv. i She left me in the very middle on't so snuffy I'll warrant. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Captious, Touchy, Snuffy. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Snuffie, sulky, displeased; often Snuffie-like, Clydes[dale]. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xiii. 99 Don't be snuffy, Molly, none of your mulligrubs. 2. Of cattle or horses: excitable, spirited, wild. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > spirited or skittish skeyc1440 skittish?1510 skeigh1513 fiery?1561 gay1590 sprightful1598 frampold1600 mettleablec1600 mettle1606 fire-snort1608 mettleda1627 spiritly1630 spiritful1644 mettlesome1655 skeighish1827 flighty1828 slashing1862 fly-about1889 buckish1911 snuffy1955 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > excitable snuffy1955 1955 R. P. Hobson Nothing too Good for Cowboy xviii. 186 Any ball~up or milling around business up in front of the mile-and-a-half line of snuffy range beef could easily cause the critters to split into the spruce. 1964 Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 131 I'll yard them snuffy cattle in a way that's safe to swear. 1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led vi. xix. 290 When he worked, he worked. Otherwise he played, mostly at breaking-in the snuffy ones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). snuffyadj.² Brit. /ˈsnʌfi/, U.S. /ˈsnəfi/ Etymology: < snuff n.³Bailey (1727, vol. II) gives ‘Snuffy ,..dawbed with Snuff’, an earlier instance of either 2a or 2b. 1. Like, or resembling, snuff or powdered tobacco in colour or substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > powdery or dusty pulverous?a1425 powderyc1425 mealy1541 dusty1552 mully1570 pulverulentous1640 pulvereous1656 pulverulent1656 pulveral1657 powderal1662 farinaceous1664 smutty1667 snuffy1789 floury1830 pulverulous1841 the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > other browns wainscot1577 earth-coloured1722 honey-brown1774 snuff-coloured1787 snuffy1789 moorit1795 iron brown1798 umber1802 umbery1850 sienna-brown1853 oily-brown1861 seal-brown1881 tabac1881 glandaceous1885 cigar-brown1895 bead-brown1912 cocoa1942 toffee-brown1961 toffee1962 sludgy1975 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 285 A brownish ferruginous soft soil, of a snuffy appearance. 1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage i They were mostly bright yellow, or of that peculiar shade of green known as ‘snuffy’. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 290 Head snuffy-brown, and no white patch in front of the eye. 1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 522/2 A black or snuffy dust. 2. a. Of persons: Given to taking snuff; bearing marks of the habit of snuff-taking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [adjective] > taking snuff snuffy1796 1796 A. Wilson Watty & Meg 4 Nasty, gude-for-naething being! O ye snuffy drucken sow! 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vii. 87 A little odd-looking, snuffy old man, with a brown scratch wig. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Sketches & Trav. London in Wks. (1886) XXIV. 349 Dinners where you meet..a Knight, and a snuffy little old General. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. iii. xxiii. 230 Two well-known English antiquarians. Very learned, very jealous, and very snuffy. b. Of things: Soiled with snuff. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > by other specific substances clayeya1382 mealy1567 snuffy1765 iron-moulded1787 feathery1813 waxy1861 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xvii. 51 A plan..upon the lower corner of which..there is still remaining the marks of a snuffy finger and thumb. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story i A snuffy shirt~frill, and enormous breast-pin. a1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) iii. xiii. 229 Brighton gay, gambling, dissipated..Dieppe dark, old, snuffy and picturesque. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) i. 53 His old snuffy black clothes..and his threadbare blue great-coat. 1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 563/2 [She] pulled out a snuffy pocket-handkerchief. 1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 67 Trees periwigged and snuffy. 3. ‘Tipsy, drunk’ ( Slang Dict. 1864). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk merrya1382 semi-bousyc1460 pipe merry1542 totty1570 tipsy1577 martin-drunk1592 pleasant1596 mellow1611 tip-merry1612 flustered1615 lusticka1616 well to live1619 jolly1652 happy1662 hazy1673 top-heavy1687 hearty1695 half-seas-over1699 oiled1701 mellowish1703 half channelled over1709 drunkish1710 half-and-half1718 touched1722 uppisha1726 tosie1727 bosky1730 funny1751 fairish1756 cherry-merry1769 in suds1770 muddy1776 glorious1790 groggified1796 well-corned1800 fresh1804 to be mops and brooms1814 foggy1816 how-come-ye-so1816 screwy1820 off the nail1821 on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821 swipey1821 muggy1822 rosy1823 snuffy1823 spreeish1825 elevated1827 up a stump1829 half-cockedc1830 tightish1830 tipsified1830 half shaved1834 screwed1837 half-shot1838 squizzed1845 drinky1846 a sheet in the wind1862 tight1868 toppy1885 tiddly1905 oiled-up1918 bonkers1943 sloshed1946 tiddled1956 hickey- 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 162 Snuffy—drunk, with a nasal delivery. Snuffy—drunk in the feminine application, and applied but seldom to puling fellows. 1891 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) 30 Jan. 4/6 He considered, if a member got ‘snuffy’, he should go home, and not come there to annoy the meeting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.¹1678adj.²1765
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