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单词 snub-nosed
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snub-nosedadj.

Etymology: formed as snub nose n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnub-nosed.
1.
a. Having a snub nose.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose > having
cammed?c1350
camoised1393
nosed?1440
hook-nosed1519
snat-nosed1519
flat-nosed1530
bottle-nosed1566
chamoy-nosed1598
saddle-nosed1598
swine-snouted1600
camois-nosed1601
round-nosed1611
nosy1620
flat-nose1636
simous1656
sharp-nosed1675
tutty-nosed1681
Roman-nosed1688
snut-nosed1706
snub-nosed1725
camois1745
blunt-nosed1772
pug-nosed1788
snipy1825
button-nosed1830
nip-nosed1831
leptorrhinian1878
leptorrhine1880
snub1883
knob-nosed1886
long-nose1896
Tartar-nosed1897
Ally Sloper1901
beaky-nosed1923
1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 18 Can you fancy that..Snub-nos'd, Sparrow-mouth'd, Paunch-belly'd Creature.
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 440 A snub-nos'd dog to fat inclin'd.
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 35 I was taught to believe you a little black snub-nosed fellow.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. vii. 100 The lieutenant, who was a little snub-nosed man, with a pimply face.
1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 126 The snub-nosed effigy on his coins.
b. In specific names (see quots.).
ΚΠ
c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 255 The Short-headed Whale, or Snub-nosed Cachalot.
1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 807 Simorhynchus cristatellus,..Snub-nosed Auk.
1891 Cent. Dict. at Simenchelys S. parasiticus, the only species, is known as the pug-nosed or snub-nosed eel.
2. figurative. Stumpy; short and broad at the front; abbreviated.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective] > at the front
snub-nosed1925
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby i. 9 A snub-nosed motor-boat..bumped the tide offshore.
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A snub-nosed revolver. E. S. Gardner.
1963 Times 5 Feb. 7/5 These snub-nosed,..two-stroke machines.
1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre-tooth x. 137 A Smith & Wesson Centennial, a snub-nosed hammerless revolver.
1978 S. Sheldon Bloodline l. 405 Others carried snub-nosed tear gas rifles.

Derivatives

ˈsnub-ˌnosedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > types of nose > condition of having
cammednessc1440
noseness1598
simity1650
simosity1721
snubbiness1828
pugnosednessa1832
snubbishness1848
snub-nosedness1875
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 228 The snubnosedness of Theaetetus..is characteristic both of him and Socrates.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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