Definition of Snideness

1. Noun. The state or property of being snide. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snideness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snideness

snickered
snickerer
snickerers
snickering
snickeringly
snickers
snickersnee
snickersnees
snickery
snicket
snickets
snicking
snicks
snide
snidely
snideness
snidenesses
snider
snides
snidest
snie
snied
snies
sniff
sniff out
sniff test
sniff tests
sniffable
sniffed
sniffer

Literary usage of Snideness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"... No fear, that is not 'ABBY'S form. But oh, scissors ! that bloomin' old Beak ! He boshed all my patter to putty, and snubbed all my snideness as cheek. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"But slang ? Wy, it's simply smart patter, of wich ony me and my sort 'as the 'ang. Snappy snideness put p thy, ..."

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