snuffish

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English

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Etymology

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From snuff +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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snuffish (comparative more snuffish, superlative most snuffish)

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