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snark⋅y
[snahr-kee] 
–adjective, snark⋅i⋅er, snark⋅i⋅est. Chiefly British Slang.
| testy or irritable; short. |
Origin:
1910–15; dial. snark to nag, find fault with (appar. identical with snark, snork to snort, snore, prob. < D, LG snorken to snore) + -y 1
1910–15; dial. snark to nag, find fault with (appar. identical with snark, snork to snort, snore, prob. < D, LG snorken to snore) + -y 1
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| snark·y (snär'kē) adj. snark·i·er, snark·i·est Slang
[From dialectal snark, to nag, from snark, snork, to snore, snort, from Dutch and Low German snorken, of imitative origin.] snark'i·ly adv. |
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snarky (adj.)
"irritable, short-tempered," 1906, from snark (v.) "to snort" (1866), from an imitative source akin to Low Ger. snarken, N.Fris. snarke, Swed. snarka.
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