[f. SNUFFY a.2] The state of being snuffy.
Jamieson Suppl. (1825) gives ‘Snuffiness, sulkiness.’
1834. Carlyle, in Froude, Hist. First 40 Years (1882), II. 449. A tendency to pot-belly and snuffiness.
1885. Even. Standard, 14 Nov. (Cassell). There is a snuffiness, a stuffiness, a general seediness about the former.
1891. Daily News, 20 June, 5/5. Pockethandkerchiefs only came in with snuff, and were of coloured foulard to hide snuffiness and dispense with frequent washing.
