Adjective: snouty
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | snoutier |
| Superlative | snoutiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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Dr. Kays is applying the tracking system to explore the dynamic ménage à trois among the island’s population of ocelots; the ruddy, snouty rodents called agoutis; and the island’s towering and thickly buttressed Dipteryx trees. [2009 February 3, Natalie Angier, “GPS for Forest Creatures on the Move”, in New York Times:]
Adjectives inflected like snouty
syrupy,
seemly,
seggsy,
snuffy,
snippy,
snitty,
sniffy,
snotty,
snouty,
snobby,
snoozy,
snooty,
snazzy,
snappy,
snarky,
snarly,
snassy,
snaily,
snacky,
snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From snout + -y.