snippy

Значение (Английский)

1. Fragmentary; snipped.
2. Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
3. Stingy.

Синонимы

awkward

bilious

covetous

curmudgeonly

fault-finding

insolent

lubberly

parsimonious

scrappy

sharp

short

snappish

supercilious

tactless

iracund

Philistine

Переводы

iracund

aufbrausend

cholerisch

hitzköpfig

σκαιός

κοντός

βραχώς

colérique

irascible

irascibile

collerico

iracondo

nevrastenico

fragmentarisch

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Этимология (Английский)

Родственно Saterfriesisch: snippig

Родственно нидерландский: snippig

Родственно немецкий: schnippisch

In summary

From snip + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian snippig, snippich (“short, brief, blunt”), Dutch snippig (“snippy, shrill”), German Low German snippig (“snippy, snappy”), German schnippisch (“snippy, snappy”).