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6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -Laurent Le Sage
originThe adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’), probably referring to a snobbish person often having their nose in the air (that is, acting disdainfully towards others). Snoot is a dialectal variant of snout. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0