▪ I. † ˈsnifty, n. Sc. Obs.—1
[f. snift v. Cf. sniff n. 4.]
An insignificant person.
| 1660 Baillie Lett. (1842) III. 412 To..be accounted poor feckless snifties, who has no witt nor action to end what he has so magnificentlie begun. |
▪ II. snifty, a. U.S. slang.
(ˈsnɪftɪ)
[f. snift v.]
1. Having a pleasant or agreeable smell.
| 1891 in Cent. Dict. |
2. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Haughty, disdainful.
| 1889 K. Munroe Golden Days xvii. 188 If you notice me getting anyways snifty..you just bump me down hard. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Self-made Merchant xviii. 268 Clytie said..that spirits were mighty snifty and high-toned. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay i. i. 40 ‘Snifty beast!’..That governess made things impossible. 1942 Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §301/6 Arrogant,..snifty. |