snippy

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English

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Etymology

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From snip +‎ -y. Compare Saterland Frisian snippig, snippich (“short, brief, blunt”), Dutch snippig (“snippy, shrill”), German Low German snippig (“snippy, snappy”), German schnippisch (“snippy, snappy”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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snippy (comparative snippier, superlative snippiest)

  1. fragmentary; snipped.
  2. irritable; impatient; short-tempered.
  3. stingy.

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