snite
English
Etymology 1
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Noun
snite (plural snites)
- (obsolete or Scotland) A snipe.
- 1630, Thomas Randolph, The Muse's Looking-Glass
- Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites , and pheasants,
The best that can be got for love or money
- Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites , and pheasants,
- 1630, Thomas Randolph, The Muse's Looking-Glass
Etymology 2
From Middle English sniten, from Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”). Cognate with Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”), whence Danish snyde and Swedish snyta sig, and with German sich schneuzen. Related to snout and snot.
Alternative forms
- snet
Verb
snite (third-person singular simple present snites, present participle sniting, simple past and past participle snited)
- (obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to blow (one's nose)
- (obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to snuff (a candle)
References
- Thomson, J. - Etymons of English words - pg. 199
References
- snite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Stein, Tiens, inset, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, stein, tines, tsine
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃn̠ʲɪtʲə]
Verb
snite
- past participle of snigh (“pour (down), flow, course; filter through, percolate; glide, crawl”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| snite | shnite after an, tsnite | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “snite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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Etymology
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Verb
snite
- to appear or show oneself.
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 68