snuffiest
snuffiest is the superlative form of snuffy.
Meaning of snuffy
Adjective
snuffy (comparative snuffier, superlative snuffiest)
- Soiled with snuff.
- Resembling or characteristic of snuff.
- Sulky; angry; vexed.
- 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 fellowMay 27 1680, Marchioness de Sévigné, letter to her daughter, published in English in 1745
- Drunk.
- 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.2014, Howard Frank Mosher, North Country: A Personal Journey Through the Borderland
- That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust.
- 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...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 32
Questions about snuffiest
- What is snuffiest the superlative form of?
- Snuffiest is the superlative form of snuffy.
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