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Definition of Snippy
1. snappish [adj -PIER, -PIEST] : SNIPPILY [adv] - See also: snappish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snippy
Literary usage of Snippy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"snippy, adj. Tart In speech, 8.—Isl. maef-ur, acer, ... snippy, ». One who, In
using the scissors, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"snippy, adj. Tait in-speech, Э—Ы. «noe/-ur, acer, austeras. snippy, t. One who,
in using the scissors, gives too short measure, Aug. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Head long and lean, with a good length of muzzle, which must not be snippy; a
short, coarse or clumpy head is objectionable; eyes dark; ears very low down, ..."
4. Working with the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker (1922)
"She was snippy to me two or three times and I won't stand that. It's all right
if anybody wants to get good and mad, but I detest snippy folks. ..."
5. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1908)
"snippy. She is snippy [puts on airs]. Soft soap. Flattery. Soft thing. He has a
soft thing [easy time] of it. Spanking Breeze, is a fine breeze for sailing. ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"snippy, adj. Tart in speech, S. Isl. snai-f'-vr, acer, ... snippy, ». One who,
in using the scis- sars, gives too short measure, Ang. Teut. snipp-en, ..."
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