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snooty

UK/ˈsnuːti/ US/ˈsnuti/ uncommon informal

adjective

1.

used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant

  • “a snotty little scion of a degenerate family” Laurent Le Sage
  • “they”
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Origin

The adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’), probably referring to a snobbish person often having their nose in the air (that is, acting disdainfully towards others). Snoot is a dialectal variant of snout. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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