snuffish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of snuff; snuffy.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivesnuffish (comparative more snuffish, superlative most snuffish)

comparative more snuffish · superlative most snuffish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of snuff; snuffy.

    He had just given Rabbi Piltz his monthly check-up, and the snuffish odor of the old man lingered in the examining room.

    1970, Charles Angoff, Meyer Levin, The Rise of American Jewish Literature, page 644

Origin

From snuff + -ish.

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APA

snuffish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snuffish

MLA

“snuffish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snuffish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snuffish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snuffish.

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