单词 | snuffling |
释义 | snufflingn. The action of the verb, in various senses. ΘΚΠ 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 snoachinga1387 sniftingc1430 snivellingc1430 snuffing1540 sniffing1575 snuffling1580 snufflea1764 sniff1767 snuff1822 sniftera1835 sniffling1836 snivel1847 sniffle1880 1580 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. iv. f. 3v, in Foure Offices Horsemanship (rev. ed.) Lowd snuffling in the nose, and casting out hot vapors at his nostrils. 1599 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) i. 29 They made a great noyse with their snufflinge, and, in the ende, went Runing awaye. 1618 S. Latham New & 2nd Bk. Falconrie xxx. 138 As you shall see cause, first in the head by snufling or sniting,..vse the iuyce of Daisies or Sage, to cause her throw it forth the sooner. 1702 E. Baynard Cold Baths (1709) ii. 383 To speak without snuffling is hardly genteel. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 461 The coryza, or snuffling of old age, is precisely analogous to its ptyalism or drivelling. 1861 F. J. Bumstead Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. ii. xviii. 671 Respiration is attended with a peculiar snuffling, which is very characteristic of this affection. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018). snufflingadj. 1. That snuffles; drawing air up the nose, or characterized by this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [adjective] > through nose snuffing1548 snufflinga1586 snivelling1615 sniffling1631 sniftering1790 snuffly1873 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V5 A water spaniell..came downe the riuer, shewing that he hunted for a duck, & with a snuffling grace. 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 324 His Heart Beats quick; his snuffling Nose, his active Tail Attest his Joy. 1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 98 Little Good can be expected from him whose snuffling Nose, unbraced Nerves, and rotten Carcase, denote him fitter for his Grave..than for his Duty. 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village i. 33 What time the snuffling spaniel, as he runs, Pants freely. 1849 A. R. Smith Pottleton Legacy ix. 64 Little shrews peered, with perking snuffling noses. 2. Speaking through the nose; canting, hypocritical, sanctimonious. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] streiche?a1513 fustian1523 nipping1568 fashionative1584 affected1598 affectate1599 affecting1600 snufflinga1640 whalebone1801 stiltish1824 stilty1845 posturing1851 greenery-yallery1881 mee-mawing1886 meemaw1898 faisandé1912 twee1956 nerdy1960 pseud1962 pseudo1964 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking through the nose snivelling1447 snafflinga1585 snufflinga1640 a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. G2 I think this snufling slave flouts us..off with this snuffling French Mask and speak in your English voyce, or..I'll beat thy nostrils as flat as a pancake. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 124 A Pox of all those snuffling Knaves, That do our Sports despise. 1793 R. Southey Chapel Bell in Juvenile & Minor Poems in Poet. Wks. (1837) II. 144 The snuffling, snaffling Fellow's nasal tone. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. iii. 197 The service was performed by a snuffling, well-fed, vicar. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 399 The straight-haired, snuffling, whining saints, who christened their children out of the Book of Nehemiah. 1868 S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life S. Wilberforce (1882) III. ix. 271 I have infinitely more sympathy..with his views concerning the Church than with those of the snuffling Puritan clique. 3. Coming or uttered through the nose; nasal. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking through the nose > nasal nasal1669 snuffling1819 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. viii. 148 Answered the Prior in a sort of snuffling tone. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon iii They chanted something in a weak, snuffling..manner. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 278 He bewails..in snuffling heroics. Derivatives ˈsnufflingly adv. in a snuffling manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > through the nose snufflingly1619 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [adverb] > through nose snufflingly1619 snuffingly1891 1619 R. West Schoole of Vertue: 2nd Pt. sig. B Nor practize snufflingly to speake. 1837 New Monthly Mag. 50 415 James shuffled, and snuffled,..and snufflingly said [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1580adj.a1586 |
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