[f. SNOB sb.1 3.] The characteristic qualities of a snob; snobbishness.
1856. Geo. Eliot, Ess. (1884), 267. As long as snobbism runs in the blood, why should it not run in our speech?
1869. Daily News, 2 Sept., 5/1. All that has been said latterly about the snobbism of our countrymen and women on their travels.
1884. F. P. Verney, in Contemp. Rev., Oct., 545. Is there any society in the world out of the United States, where such a piece of snobbism could be represented as possible in a soi-disant gentleman?
