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snotty(2)(dictionary)
snotty(dictionary)
snotty-nosed(dictionary)

snotty(1) (iou)



snotty adjective. Now slang. L16.
[from SNOT noun + -Y1.]
a. (Esp. of a person's nose) full of or running with mucus; (of a person) having a nose full of mucus. L16.
b. Consisting of or resembling mucus; viscous, slimy. Long rare or obsolete. M17.
a. Dirty, mean, contemptible. L17.
L. Cody 'Snotty cow,' Alf replied, when she was..out of earshot.
b. Angry, short-tempered; impudent; conceited. Now esp., supercilious, snooty. slang. L19.
Listener Viennese are, in the matter of opera,..exceedingly snotty.
Comb.: snotty-nose (a) a person with a snotty nose; (b) a dirty, mean, or contemptible person; snotty-nosed adjective (a) having a snotty nose; (b) dirty, mean, contemptible.
snottily adverb M19.
snottiness noun M16.