Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snivelled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sniv-elled
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of snivel

adj

Covered or dripping with nasal mucus; snotty.

Example Sentences

"And to mend these slouenly maners, [they] be not ashamed, many tymes with these filthy napkyns, to wype awaye the sweat that trickleth and falleth downe their browes, their face and their necke (they be such greedy guts in their feeding) and otherwhile to, (when it comes vppon them) spare not to snot their sniueld nose vppon them."
"Nor imitate with Socrates to wipe thy snivelled nose Upon thy cap, as he would doe, nor yet upon thy clothes."
"[…] she felt she could not forgive the boy for being the huddled, blubbering object, all wet and snivelled, which he was."

Questions

What does snivelled mean?: simple past and past participle of snivel

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