Snuffy

//ˈsnʌfi// adj, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Soiled with snuff.
  2. 2
    Resembling or characteristic of snuff.
  3. 3
    Sulky; angry; vexed. Scotland, obsolete

    "I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow"

  4. 4
    Drunk. slang

    "She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard."

  5. 5
    That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust.

    "Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there."

Etymology

From snuff + -y.

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