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noun
1.
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
2.
Informal. a very small drink of liquor.
Origin:
1840–50; derivative of snifter to sniff, snivel, Middle English snyfter; imitative
1840–50; derivative of snifter to sniff, snivel, Middle English snyfter; imitative
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Word Origin & History
snifter
1844, "a drink of liquor," earlier "a sniff," from an obsolete verb meaning "to sniff, snivel" (mid-14c.), of imitative origin. Meaning "large bulbous stemmed glass for drinking brandy" is from 1937. The association of "drinking liquor" with words for "inhaling, snuffling" (e.g.
EXPAND snort) is perhaps borrowed from snuff-taking and the nasal reaction to it.
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