snifflingn.
/ˈsnɪflɪŋ/ Snivelling; snuffling; †canting discourse.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun]
flash1605
sniffling1653
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cant1710
galbanum1764
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gammon1805
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claptrap1819
flam1825
glittering generality1849
bull's wool1850
eyewash1857
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old talk1956
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okey-doke1969
yada yada1991
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of mucus > [noun] > action of cleaning nose
snuffling1580
sniffling1836
sniff1860
sniffle1880
nose-picking1916
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun] > through nose
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sniftingc1430
snivellingc1430
snuffing1540
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sniff1767
snuff1822
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1653 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 6 This answer not satisfying them they went to the Councell of State with another peticion, where they had much more sniffling but went away free men.
1836 E. Howard Rattlin xiii You will..oblige me by not taking snuff.., the sniffling is abominable.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine ii The tip of her nose as red as fire with sniffling and weeping.
1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 13 There now—stop that sniffling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
snifflingadj.
That snivels or snuffles; characterized by sniffling.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [adjective] > through nose
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snufflinga1586
snivelling1615
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sniftering1790
snuffly1873
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 40 A snifling conuenticle or companie of proud Sectaries.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ii. 181 Notwithstanding his sniffeling example of Amadis Du Gaull, or any other puling Knight.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. viii. 112 When you were a little spalpeen, with a sniffling nose.
1890 A. E. Barr Friend Olivia xiv A pretty crowd of sniffling, sneaking varlets he has been feeding and pampering!
1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 123 A snifling cold,..a slight running disorder in the nose.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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