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snuffish

snuffish adjective: resembling or characteristic of snuff; snuffy.

Adjective

snuffish (comparative more snuffish, superlative most snuffish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of snuff; snuffy.
    • He had just given Rabbi Piltz his monthly check-up, and the snuffish odor of the old man lingered in the examining room.1970, Charles Angoff, Meyer Levin, The Rise of American Jewish Literature, page 644

Forms of snuffish

comparativemore snuffish
superlativemost snuffish

Origin of snuffish

From snuff + -ish.

Questions about snuffish

What does snuffish mean?
Snuffish means resembling or characteristic of snuff; snuffy.
What part of speech is snuffish?
Snuffish is an adjective.

Words near snuffish in the dictionary

  1. snuffing
  2. snuffing it
  3. snuffing out
  4. snuffingly
  5. snuffings
  6. snuffish
  7. snuffle
  8. snuffled
  9. snuffler
  10. snufflers
  11. snuffles

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