noun
1.
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
2.
Informal. a disrespectful or supercilious person.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snotte, Old English gesnot, Danish snot
1350–1400; Middle English; compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snotte, Old English gesnot, Danish snot
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| —n | |
| 1. | nasal mucus or discharge |
| 2. | slang a contemptible person |
| [Old English gesnot; related to Old High German snuzza, Norwegian, Danish snot, German schneuzen to blow one's nose] | |
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Snot
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
snot
O.E. gesnot "nasal mucus," from P.Gmc. *snuttan (cf. O.Fris. snotta, M.L.G., M.Du. snotte, M.L.G. snute), from the same base as snout. O.E. also had a verb snite "wipe or pick one's nose." Meaning "despicable person" is from 1809. Snotty "impudent, curt, conceited" first recorded 1870; snotnose "upstart"
is from 1941.
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Medical Dictionary
snot (snŏt)
n.
Nasal mucus; phlegm.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Not only a public health measure, but it hides the snot.
No wonder kids get the snot kicked out of them at school.
Some snails excrete bioluminescent trails of snot or blink their muscly foot to attract mates.
That's the good news: the bad news is that he's saddled with a bunch of snot-nosed kids.
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