ˈsnuffiness
[f. snuffy a.2]
The state of being snuffy.
Jamieson Suppl. (1825) gives ‘Snuffiness, sulkiness’.
| 1834 Carlyle in Froude Hist. First 40 Years (1882) II. 449 A tendency to pot-belly and snuffiness. 1885 Even. Standard 14 Nov. (Cassell), There is a snuffiness, a stuffiness, a general seediness about the former. 1891 Daily News 20 June 5/5 Pocket-handkerchiefs only came in with snuff, and were of coloured foulard to hide snuffiness. |