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snotteries

snotteries is the plural of snottery.

Meaning of snottery

Noun

snottery (countable and uncountable, plural snotteries)

  1. (colloquial, rare) Abomination; filth.
    • To purge the snottery of our slimy time.1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of...
  2. (colloquial) Snobbishness.
    • [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii

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Questions about snotteries

What is snotteries the plural of?
Snotteries is the plural of snottery.

Words near snotteries in the dictionary

  1. snotsicles
  2. snotted
  3. snotted up
  4. snotter
  5. snottered
  6. snotteries
  7. snottering
  8. snotters
  9. snottery
  10. snottie
  11. snottie's nurse

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