Meaning

noun a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose

noun informal terms for the nose

noun beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

originFrom Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, *snūte or Middle Low German snûte, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Compare Saterland Frisian Snuute (“snout”), West Frisian snút (“snout”), Dutch snuit or snoet (“snout; cute face”), German Low German Snuut (“snout”), German Schnauze, Schnute (“snout”). Doublet of snoot.

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