snooty
/ˈsnuti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty, bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket."
- "I didn't like the way you looked at May Arnold, or the snooty way you talked."
- "Look, I know it's tough for you at school right now, but you're awesome. And anybody that gets to know you loves you, even snooty assholes. I should probably be worried about some fancy rich dude stealing you away from me."
- "ever since she landed the National gig she's got very snooty about struggling theatre mates, as if she alone has discovered the secret to being successful"
- "Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur."
- "The Mercury for 1959 firmly establishes itself as Ford Motor's flashy centerpiece in the middle-price field. […] It's snootier than the Edsel—and snootier than it was, itself, in 1958."
Etymology
The adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’), probably referring to a snobbish person often having their nose in the air (that is, acting disdainfully towards others). Snoot is a dialectal variant of snout. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsnuti/
- British English: /ˈsnuːti/