snowte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• snoute, snout, snute, snowth

Etymology

From Middle Dutch snute or Middle Low German snute; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snūt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnuːt(ə)/

Noun

snowte (plural snowtes)

1. An animal's snout or trunk (long, projecting nose and mouth).
2. (derogatory) The nose of a person; the flesh surrounding the nasal cavity.
3. The facial features or appearance of a person; how one's face looks.
4. (figuratively) The temperament or behaviour of a person.
5. The point of something sharp (e.g. a needle or a seafaring vessel of war)

Descendants

• English: snout
• Scots: snout, snoot
  • → English: snoot

References

• “snǒut(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.