Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snuffling"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
{Sniffle}.]
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable
rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his
throat. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

snuffling
adj : liable to sniffle [syn: {sniffling(a)}, {sniffly}, {snuffly}]


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