sniffishness

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noun

The quality of being sniffish.

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Meanings

nounsniffishness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being sniffish.

    But he was free from any trace of the conventional masculine sniffishness toward the jilted woman; instead, he visualized, more vividly than ever, the bitter humiliation of Miriam's ordeal.

    1922, Harold Hunter Armstrong, For Richer, for Poorer, page 129

Origin

From sniffish + -ness.

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APA

sniffishness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sniffishness

MLA

“sniffishness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sniffishness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sniffishness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sniffishness.

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