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語源

Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff +‎ -le. Compare also 古期英語 snofl (“snot, nasal mucus”), which might not have survived into 中期英語.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsnʌfəl/
• 韻: -ʌfəl

動詞

snuffle (third-person singular simple present snuffles, present participle snuffling, simple past and past participle snuffled)

1. (intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
2. (intransitive) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
   • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme […] / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.

派生語

• snuffler
• snuffly

関連する語

• sniffle (verb), snivel (verb)

名詞

snuffle (plural snuffles)

1. An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

関連する語

• sniffle (noun)
• Snuffleupagus

参考

• schnozzle