Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snuffy

/ˈsnʌfi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: snuffy
IPA: /ˈsnʌfi/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Soiled with snuff.

adj

Resembling or characteristic of snuff.

adj

Sulky; angry; vexed.

Obsolete

adj

Slang

adj

That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust.

Example Sentences

"I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow"
"The postchaise contained a snuffy old dowager of seventy, with a maid, her contemporary."
"She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard."
"Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there."

Etymology

From snuff + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

snuffier (comparative) snuffiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

snuffily snuffiness

Rhymes With

fluffy buffy duffy puffy stuffy scruffy huffy muffy toughie roughy mcguffey cuffee

Questions

How do you pronounce snuffy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsnʌfi/.
What does snuffy mean?: Soiled with snuff.
Where does snuffy come from?: From snuff + -y.

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