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snifter(dictionary)

evidential (iou) and snifter (oh)


evidential (iou)



evidential adjective. E17.
[medieval Latin evidentialis, from Latin evidentia: see EVIDENCE noun, -AL1.]
Resting on documentary evidence. rare. Only in E17.
Of the Nature of or providing evidence; serving to attest. M17.
F. W. Farrar That Paul should have passed..from one direction of life to the very opposite is evidential of the power and significance of Christianity. Times The court had their written answer which had evidential value.
Of, pertaining to, or based on evidence. M17.
E. B. Tylor The basis of theological science must be historical as well as evidential.
evidentially adverb M17.

snifter (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: snifter 'to sniff' (14-19 centuries), from the sound]
AmE a special large glass for drinking brandy
BrE old-fashioned a small amount of an alcoholic drink