snotty
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *snuttuzder. Old English ġesnot Middle English snot English snot English -y English snotty From snot + -y.
- Running or dirtied with mucus.
- Resembling or characteristic of mucus, especially in texture.
“Greasy hamburgers or snotty eggs? How about some of those fine pancakes that needed a steak knife to hack through?”
- Ill-tempered or impertinent in an arrogant, conceited manner.
“"None of your business," she said. She can be very snotty sometimes. She can be quite snotty. "I suppose you failed in every single subject again," she said—very snotty. It was sort of funny, too, in a way. She sounds like a goddam schoolteacher sometimes, and she's only a little child.”
“The people there where mostly white, and mostly poor. There wasn't much of a middle class, except for a few well-educated folk trying hard not to be snotty so their kids wouldn't get beat up at school.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *snuttuzder. Old English ġesnot Middle English snot English snot English -y English snotty From snot + -y.
- The lion's mane jellyfish, which secretes a mucus that can foul fishing nets.
- A midshipman.