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snoof - What does it mean?

Definition of 'snoof'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having lost the sense of smell.
  • * 1955. John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. C. Scribner's sons, p. 799:
  • Luckily, they're all `snoof.`'''" "What?" said Michael ... One says 'deaf,' 'blind,' 'dumb'—why not '''`snoof` ?"
  • * 1966. By Monroe C. Beardsley. Thinking Straight; Principles of Reasoning for Readers and Writers. By Monroe C. Beardsley. Prentice-Hall, p. 292:
  • And the word "snoof " has been brought forth (by an analogy with "deaf") to describe someone who is devoid of, or deficient in, the sense of smell.
  • * 1994. Diana Starr Cooper. Night After Night. Island Press, p. 127:
  • My mother-in-law, Louise Field Cooper, used the word snoof''' to convey some of this meaning, as in “he has such a bad cold he's gone totally '''snoof .

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