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snivel

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsnɪvəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eilnsvStarts with SEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. cry or whine with snuffling

Word origin

From Middle English snivelen, snevelen, snyvelen, snuvelen, from Old English *snyflan (attested in the verbal noun snyflung (“mucus”)), from Proto-West Germanic *snuflijan, related to Old English snofl (“mucus”), ultimately from the root of snout. Akin to sniff, snuff. Compare sniffle.

Used in a sentence

  • With stinking breath, swart-cheeks, and hanging chaps; With wrinkled neck; and stooping as she goes, With driveling mouth, and with a sniveling nose.
  • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, London: J. Johnson, Volume 1, Section 16, Subsection 2, p. 149, […] in severe frosty weather, snivelling and tears are produced by the coldness and dryness of the air.
  • […] he began to snivel, and wherever he tried to hide he was found out by the terrific explosions of his suppressed sneezes.

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