ˈsnootiness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The character or quality of being snooty; conceitedness, superciliousness.
| 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan iii. 124 She said it served Helen right that she had gotten a crush on a guy like Weary, because Weary would take some of the snootiness out of her. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 2 May 22 They in turn mistook our English reserve for ‘snootiness’. 1956 S. Hope Diggers' Paradise 155 One or two tourists I met were annoyed about what they described as this ‘snootiness’. 1977 Sunday Times 15 May 40/1 All these books steer with tact between the contrasting risks of sycophancy and snootiness. |