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snivels
We have found lemma(root) word of snivels : snivel.
Definitions
[ˈsnɪvl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cry and sniff in a feeble or fretful way
(e.g: Kate started to snivel, looking sad and stunned)
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Origin
:
late Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun snyflung ‘mucus’), from snofl, in the same sense; compare with snuffle
[ˈsnɪvl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an act or sound of snivelling
(e.g: Lucy's torrent of howls weakened to a snivel)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun snyflung ‘mucus’), from snofl, in the same sense; compare with snuffle
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