snottery

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Abomination; filth. colloquial,countable,rare,uncountable
    — To purge the snottery of our slimy time.
  2. Snobbishness. colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of Senſe vvould crack / The ſinevves of my Patience.
形容词 adj.
  1. Full of snot or phlegm; snotty. colloquial
    — She didn't care about her snottery nose.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of snot. colloquial
    — A mistake in the kitchen one day, and while the rest of the household sup on the golden broth of a cockerel, out comes a bowl of thin, snottery gruel for Mhairi.
  3. Presumptuous and demanding. colloquial
    — "You are in an unco' hurry," she replied, getting nettled, as she filled a glass. "It doesna' do to be so snottery as a' that."

词形变化

more snottery comparative most snottery superlative snotteries plural

词源

词源 1
From snot + -ery (adjectival suffix). Compare snotty.
词源 2
From snot + -ery.
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