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sniffishness

sniffishness noun: the quality of being sniffish.

Noun

sniffishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being sniffish.
    • But he was free from any trace of the conventional masculine sniffishness toward the jilted woman; instead, he visualized, more vividly than ever, the bitter humiliation of Miriam's ordeal.1922, Harold Hunter Armstrong, For Richer, for Poorer, page 129

Origin of sniffishness

From sniffish + -ness.

Questions about sniffishness

What does sniffishness mean?
Sniffishness means the quality of being sniffish.
What part of speech is sniffishness?
Sniffishness is a noun.

Words near sniffishness in the dictionary

  1. sniffing-the-morning-air positions
  2. sniffingly
  3. sniffings
  4. sniffish
  5. sniffishly
  6. sniffishness
  7. sniffle
  8. sniffled
  9. sniffler
  10. snifflers
  11. sniffles

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